Historically Speaking of August 6th

Today is the 218th day of the year – there are 147 days remaining in 2006

Notable events from this date:

• 2001 - A White House Brief entitled “bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” is delivered to President George W. Bush
• 1997 - Microsoft invests $150MM in struggling rival Apple Computer
• 1993 - A remake of the classic film “The Fugitive” starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones premieres
• 1965 - LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law
• 1962 - Jamaica gains its independence from Great Britain
• 1959 - Chevrolet’s rear-engine compact car the Corvair makes its debut
• 1945 - The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan during the waning days of WW II

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