History for August 6 - On-This-Day.com
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809, Sir Alexander Fleming 1881, Lucille Ball 1911
Robert Mitchum 1917, Andy Warhol 1928, Peter Bonerz 1938
1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed. (8:16am Japanese time)
1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky spent 8 1/2 hours testifying before a grand jury about her relationship with U.S. President Clinton.
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