On this day in history - Today, August, 6

Today in History

• 2008 Coup in Mauritania

  In the 6th coup in the North African country since 1978, President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ov

• 1965 Voting Rights Act Becomes Law in the United States

  President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act, which prohibited any discrimination in voting. The act

• 1962 Jamaican Independence

  The Caribbean island country was first colonized by the Spanish in the early 16th century. In 1655,

• 1945 US Bombs Hiroshima

  In the first of the only two times nuclear weapons have been used in warfare, the United States drop

• 1926 First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel

  Gertrude Ederle, an American Olympic swimmer swam across the English channel a body of water betwee