ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
08.06.08 (7:58 am) [edit]
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1806: The Holy Roman Empire comes to an end when Francis II renounces the title, becoming Emperor of Austria.
•1890: Murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair, at Buffalo, US.
•1945: An atom bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US bomber 'Enola Gay'.
1806: The Holy Roman Empire comes to an end when Francis II renounces the title, becoming Emperor of Austria.•
1890: Murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair, at Buffalo, US.•
1945: An atom bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US bomber 'Enola Gay'.