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AUGUST 6
Brendan ‘BB’ Byrne was born
Shannon Minogue was born
John Grillo was born.
Janice Ameruso was born.
1945 – The first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
1997 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, meet—the first time in 76 years that a British leader and an IRA ally meet.
AUGUST 7
Jim Cunningham was born.
2000 – Sen. Joseph Lieberman was selected by Al Gore to be the first Jewish vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket.
2007 – Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron on baseball’s all-time home run list.
AUGUST 8
Tom McVeigh was born.
Tom Boggiano was born.
Michael Foley was born.
Terri Bennett was born.
Kate Mullane was born.
1876 – Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
1974 – President Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
AUGUST 9
Thomas Pulkowski was born.
1936 – Jesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympics.
1995 – Jerry Garcia, lead singer and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, died.
AUGUST 10
Meg McLoughlin was born.
1977 – David Berkowitz was arrested for the Son of Sam killings.
1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
AUGUST 11
Shane Kulman was born.
Owen Loof was born.
Maggie Allen was born.
Dan Byrne was born.
Annie and Liam McCormick were born.
1934 – The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
AUGUST 12
Eileen McDerby was born.
Sheila Iannace was born.
Keith Cook was born.
1972 – The last American combat troops left Vietnam.
