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–
