On This Day for August 6 - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Diego Velázquez is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. August 06 [Velázquez, Diego: Las meninas]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Diego Velázquez [READ MORE]( [Hiroshima: aftermath of atomic bomb strike]( FEATURED EVENT 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Artist's conception of the Mars Science Laboratory.] 2012: [NASA]( robotic vehicle [Curiosity]( (also called Mars Science Laboratory) landed on [Mars]( and soon began transmitting images of the planet's surface. [electric chair] 1890: Convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person to be [executed]( by [electric chair]( he was put to death in Auburn State Prison, New York. [Alfred, Lord Tennyson, detail of an oil painting by Samuel Laurence, c. 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.] 1809: English poet [Alfred, Lord Tennyson]( often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian Age in poetry, was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. [Saddam Hussein] 1990: The [UN Security Council]( imposed economic sanctions on[Iraq]( ruled by [Saddam Hussein]( for its invasion of [Kuwait]( four days earlier. [Jamaica] 1962: After 300 years of British rule, [Jamaica]( became an independent country within the Commonwealth of Nations. [Estonia] 1940: [Estonia]( lost its independence when the [Soviet Union]( annexed the country. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1928 [Andy Warhol]( American artist 1911 [Lucille Ball]( American actress 1917 [Robert Mitchum]( American actor 1881 [Alexander Fleming]( Scottish bacteriologist 1965 [David Robinson]( American basketball player 1809 [Alfred, Lord Tennyson]( English poet [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](