Since I was short on articles this week, I thought, why not find out why August 6 is a special day? I was born on August 6, 1952. But what I found out about August 6 that brought me much joy was it is also International Forgiveness Day.
On August 6, 1912 --Theodore Roosevelt announced his 1912 platform at the Chicago convention of the Progressive Party.
On August 6, 1939, Poland celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Polish Legions' entry into the World War.
On August 6, 1942 (Thursday), German forces on the Eastern Front captured Tikhoretsk
Hiroshima Day.
On August 6, 1945, at 08:15, the first bomb was dropped on the center of Hiroshima. 'Little Boy' was a gun-type fission bomb, using a conventional explosive charge to fire one sub-critical mass of uranium into another. This device had never been tested before, but the scientists were confident it would work.
On August 6, 2005, the Tuninter ATR 72 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea about 18 miles (29 km) from Palermo. Sixteen of the 39 people on board died.
On August 6, 2006, Israeli troops attacked the Lebanese town of Qana, claiming to destroy the launchers that launched the missiles at Haifa. At least six rockets hit Haifa, Israel; one more rocket hits right outside of Haifa, and others hit the Ma'alot, Carmiel area, and Kiryat Shmona.
On August 6, 2007, 50 were feared dead when a boat carrying 130 passengers overturned in the midstream of the River Ganges in Bihar, India.
On August 6, 2012, NASA's most advanced Mars rover, Curiosity landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down on Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.
August also brings attention to many months of awareness, including the most often mentioned: National Black Business Month, National Immunization Awareness Month, Don't Be a Bully Month, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, National Road Victim Month, and World Cancer Support Month.
