You know how some dates just seem to have historical resonance? Like how April 20 (Hitler’s birthday) also coincides with the Columbine Massacre and the Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995).
Today we have a similar set of unrelated but significant historical observances: first, we mark the 62nd anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb, which destroyed Hiroshima and ushered in the Nuclear Age. Second, today is the sixth anniversary of the infamous Presidential Daily Briefing (note: link goes to a PDF) in which George W. Bush was alerted that Osama Bin Laden was planning an attack on New York City in early September, but chose to ignore the briefing and go fishing at his Crawford ranch instead, ushering in the Age of Fascist America.
Let’s hope the two don’t somehow get mashed up for some future August 6.
Sure hope that fish was tastey!
Okay, care of Adam at Universal Hub, here’s a much happier August 6 anniversary:
http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-6-1989.html