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Today in History August 6

1888 Martha Turner is murdered by an unknown assailant, believed to be Jack the Ripper, in London, England.

1945 Paul Tibbets, the commander of Enola Gay, drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the second atomic bomb, dropped on Nagasaki, that induced the Japanese to surrender.

1972 Atlanta Braves' right fielder Hank Aaron hits his 660th and 661st home runs, setting the Major League record for most home runs by a player for a single franchise.

1973 Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is in an automobile accident and goes into a four-day coma.(don't believe he was the driver)

1979 Twelve-year-old Marcus Hooper becomes the youngest person to swim the English Channel.

1997 Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in troubled rival Apple Computer, Inc.

2012 New Zealand's Mount Tongariro erupts for the first time since 1897.


Born on August 6

1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet laureate (1850), wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade."

1911 Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian.

1927 Andy Warhol, American pop artist.



Joke of the Day


NASA was preparing for the Apollo project.

When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, some of the training of the astronauts took place on a Navajo reservation.
One day, a Navajo elder and his son were herding sheep and came across the space crew. The old man, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question that his son translated. "What are these guys in the big suits doing?"
A member of the crew said they were practicing for their trip to the moon. The old man got all excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts. Recognizing a promotional opportunity, the NASA folks found a tape recorder.
After the old man recorded his message, they asked his son to translate it. He refused. The NASA PR people brought the tape to the reservation, where the rest of the tribe listened and laughed, but refused to translate the elder's message.
Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator. His translation of the old man's message was: "Watch out for these guys; they have come to steal your land."