Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Today in History: WWII – Atomic bomb “Little Boy” is dropped by US on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945

The following is a chronological list of notable events that occurred on August 6 throughout history: 

686 – The Ummayad forces suffer a deceisive defeat against the pro-Alid forces under Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar in the battle of Khazir.

1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb “Little Boy” is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.

1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

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