WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008

Today is Wednesday, August 6, the 219th day of 2008. There are 147 days left in the year.

1181 _ Supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers

1890 _ Cy Young pitches and wins first game

1914 _ Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia

1914 _ Serbia declares war against Germany

1945 _ Hiroshima Peace Day - atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by ``Enola Gay"

1946 _ U.S. officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court

1951 _ Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria

1962 _ Jamaica gains independence from Britain

1965 _ Beatles release 11Help" album in U.K.

1990 _ U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 (two abstentions Cuba and Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq