This Day in History: August 06, 2004
100 years ago:
1904- –
Eduard Hanslick, a Czech critic was born this day.
Source:
http://www.born-today.com/Today/d08-06.htm
75
years ago:
1929- – 1929 – Babe
Ruth set a record for Grand Slams in two games consecutively!
Source:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_grsl.shtml
50
years ago:
1954- WLAC (now WTVF) TV
channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting.
Source:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/index.php
25
years ago:
1979 -
12-yr-old Marcus Hooper became the youngest
ever to swim the English Channel.
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0806.htm
10
years ago:
1994 - An apparent arson fire destroyed
Randolph County High School in Wedowee, Alabama; the school had been the
focus of racial tensions touched off by the school's principal, who had
threatened to cancel the Senior Prom because he disapproved of
interracial dating. On June 1, 1995, a local man was arrested and
accused of setting the fire.
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0806.htm
5
years ago:
1999 - President Boris Yeltsin asked
parliament to abolish the death penalty in Russia.
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0806.htm
1
year ago:
2003 - PBS Online NewsHour reported that a week before, Pope John Paul
II issued a directive urging Roman Catholics everywhere to oppose
same-sex unions, saying: "Marriage is holy while homosexual acts go
against the natural moral law."
Source:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/july-dec03/leaders_8-06.html
Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy
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