Picture of the Day and Birthdays for August 6

Posted August 5, 2008, 6:23 pm by Growing Bolder

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 6, the 219th day of 2008. There are 147 days left in the year.

On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a U.S. bomber, drops the first atomic weapon ever used in combat on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Within minutes, the massive blast and the firestorm it produced destroyed most of the city and killed an estimated 100,000 people. Three days later, the city of Nagasaki was hit, prompting Japan's surrender in World War II.

Todays Birthdays: Singer, musician and actor Isaac Hayes 70. Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 70. Actress Catherine Hicks ("Seventh Heaven") is 57. Actress Stefanie Kramer ("Hunter") is 52. Singer Randy DeBarge of DeBarge is 50. Actor Leland Orser ("ER") is 48. Country singers Peggy and Patsy Lynn of The Lynns are 44. Actor Jeremy Ratchford ("Cold Case") is 43. NBA star David Robinson is 43.

Picture of the Day: Finals of the mud-pit belly flop, Redneck horseshoes; Summer Redneck Games, East Dublin, Georgia.