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US History
This Day in American History
August 6
1787 - First draft of Constitution debated - In
Philadelphia, delegates to the Constitutional
Convention begin debating the first complete draft
of the proposed Constitution of the United States.
US History
This Day in American History
August 6
1945 - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima -The
United States becomes the first and only nation to
use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops
an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
US History
This Day in American History
August 6
1965 - Johnson signs Voting Rights Act - On this day
in 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the
Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans
the right to vote.
US History
This Day in American History
August 6
1996 - George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones
debuts - On this day in 1996, “A Game of Thrones,”
an epic fantasy novel by George R.R. Martin, is
released. The book was the first in Martin’s “A Song
of Ice and Fire” series, about feuding medieval
noble families on an imaginary continent called
Westeros.