Today is Saturday, Aug. 6, the 219th day of 2016. There are 147 days left in the year.

Today is Saturday, Aug. 6, the 219th day of 2016. There are 147 days left in the year.

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On this date in:

1813: During the Venezuelan War of Independence, forces led by Simon Bolivar recaptures Caracas.

1914: Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia, and Serbia declares war against Germany.

1926: Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel.

1945: During World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb code-named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths. (Three days later, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki; five days after that, Imperial Japan surrendered.)

1956: The DuMont television network goes off the air after a decade of operations.

1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.

1978: Pope Paul VI dies at Castel Gandolfo at age 80.

1986: William J. Schroeder dies at Humana Hospital-Audubon in Louisville, Ky., after living 620 days with the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.

1991: The World Wide Web makes its public debut as a means of accessing Web pages over the internet.

2011: Insurgents shoot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan.

2015: The hip-hop musical “Hamilton!” opens on Broadway.

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1991: The Lordstown General Motors complex begins production of the 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunbird. Some 7,650 employees at the auto and van assembly plants return from furlough.

The 17th annual Bavarian Fun Fest draws more than 99,000 people to downtown Sharon, according to Chip Bell, marketing director for Old Express Ltd.

Former Youngstown State University running back Archie Herring scores the only touchdown for the Cleveland Browns in their exhibition opener against Tampa Bay. After the 23-10 loss, the new Browns coach, Bill Belichick, says the team has a lot of work to do before the regular season opens.

1976: William C. Murphy, former Struthers councilman, is named deputy director of the Industrial Commission of Ohio. He will develop a program to help employers meet federal regulations.

1966: A short circuit sparks a smoky electrical fire at the strip finishing mill at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.’s Campbell Works. The fire kept six city fire companies busy and idled 180 employees.

William Overman, a 17-year-old Brownlee Woods youth described as a good athlete and swimmer, drowns at Mary Jane Scout Camp on Unity Road in Springfield Township.

1941: Atty. Milo Warner, national commander of the American Legion, will fly to Youngstown to take part as one of the principal features of the state American Legion convention.

Morris W. Scheibel and his wife, Rose, en route home from a vacation trip in the East, are in the DuBois, Pa., hospital after being injured in a traffic accident.

Felix Woodsom, 41, whose car was hit by a firetruck when he pulled out of the regular line of traffic, is the first driver arrested since Youngstown fire chief M.J. Melillo warned that people who didn’t pull over for firetrucks would be arrested.