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