•Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb being dropped on Hiroshima - On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, Little Boy was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay.
•Bolivia´s Independence Day - Named for Simon Bolivar, Bolivia gained its independence from Spain in 1825.
•Anniversary of the First Woman Swimming the English Channel - In 1926, 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle of NY, NY swam the Channel in 14 hours and 31 minutes.
•Alexander Fleming´s Birthday - (b 1881) Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin.
•Halfway Point of Summer - 47 days of summer gone and 47 more to go before the autumnal equinox and the beginning of Autumn.
•Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt´s Birthday - (b 1861) Second wife of Theodore Roosevelt.
•Sisters´ Day
•Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed - Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was written to prevent discrimination against minorities at the polls.

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