FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022

1861-U.S. Army abolishes flogging

1924-Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts

1945-Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan)

1953-Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjeom

1962-Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement & illeagally leaving S Afr

1963-Britain, US & USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty

1964-U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam

1966-Martin Luther King Jr. stoned during Chicago march

1966-Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" & "Eleanor Rigby" in UK

1981-Presdient Regan fires 11,500 air traffic controllers who struck 2 days ago

1984-Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins first Olympic marathon for women (2h24m52s)

1986-Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets the 5k woman's record (14:37.33)