On This Day in History August 6, 2018

Historical Events 1661  The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal 1890  At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes first person to be executed by electric chair 1945  Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" 1965  US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities 1991  Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955) Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892) Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637) Fulgencio Batista (1901 - 1973) More Famous Deaths August 6th: A Pill to Cure All Ills Not well? Take a Beecham’s Pill was often the advice. So popular was it that nobody doubted it’s extravagant claim in the world’s first advertising slogan. Read the Article