This Day In History

August 6
1914
World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1945
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The first atomic bomb is dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
1960
Cuban Revolution: in response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1990
Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
2008
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.