Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.(pilot of U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay, whose crew dropped first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during WWII; bomb nicknamed Little Boy was dropped on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m. local time)–
Events
Michelangelo’s fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was unveiled –
Great earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal, accompanied by fire and flood, killed between sixty and ninety thousand people and destroyed the city –
The first medical school for women opened in Boston, Massachusetts, founded by Samuel Gregory –
First national weather service in U.S. began operation –
Rainbow Bridge, an international bridge at Niagara Falls, opens to the public –
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt placed United States Coast Guard under Navy control –
Two Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman following a week of political unrest on the island –
In Toronto, CBLT made its first hockey TV broadcast as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 –
The Mackinac Bridge, connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas, opened to traffic –
Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante put on a face mask and became the first NHL goalie to regularly use face protection –
First direct flight from Canada to USSR –
Elvis Presley scored his first number-one hit in more than seven years with Suspicious Minds.” It would be his last” –
The Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey changes its name to Exxon Corp –
Boston Bruins’ Ray Bourque signed a five-year, $12 million contract –
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series. It was the first time the Giants won a World Series since relocating from New York to San Francisco at the close of the 1957 season. –
The Houston Astros won the World Series (against the LA Dodgers) for the first time in the club’s history –
Weather
A Hatteras hurricane battered the Union fleet attacking Carolina ports –
