This day in history

I'm a little late but today's (August 6) history includes:

1861- Congress passed the Confiscation Act allowing Union seizure of Confederate property and essentially freed slaves who fought for the Confederacy 

1890- pitcher Cy Young made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Spiders. They won 8-1 over the Chicago Colts 

1909- Alice Ramsey drove a 1909 Maxwell DA across the US. Along with her companions Nettie Powell and Margaret Atwood, they were the first women to complete a transcontinental road trip by automobile 

1926- Don Juan starring John Barrymore debut in NYC. It was the first feature-length film to include a synchronized score and sound effects using Vitaphone sound-on-disc, although it contained no dialog

1936- Japanese athletes Naoto Tajima ans Masai Harada took gold and silver in the triple jump at the Berlin Olympics 

1945- the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It contained approximately 141 pounds of uranium

1960- Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" on American Bandstand for the first time

1965- President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act guaranteeing the right to vote for African Americans. It was weakly enforced but provided a legal foothold for Black voters across the country

1966- Muhammad Ali maintained his undisputed heavyweight championship title by knocking out English boxer Brian London in the third round at Earl's Court in London

1972- Hank Aaron broke the record for home runs with a single team when he hit his 660th and 661st home runs. Baby Ruth previously held the record for 38 years

1973- Roberto Clemente was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the first Latin American and Caribbean player to join the Hall of Fame 

Some interesting birthdays include:

Alfred Tennyson (1809)

Edith Roosevelt (1861) - second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt serving as 1st Lady of the US

Alexander Fleming (1881) - as someone who has had pneumonia multiple times, I'm grateful to him for finding penicillin

Lucille Ball (1911)

Robert Mitchum (1917)

Andy Warhol (1928)

M. Night Shyamalan (1970)

Soleil Moon Frye (1976)