Today is not only the birthday of Lucille Ball, Alfred Tennyson, and Andy Warhol, it’s the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. What else has happened on this day?
In 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met for its first day. In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire formally went out of existence. In 1890, William Kemmler became the first person to be executed in an electric chair. In 1914, World War One began. In 1962, Jamaica won its independence from the United Kingdom. In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. And, in 1984, Prince released Purple Rain. Which one of those events strikes you as the most important?