Today in History - History - August 6th

1965US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities

1978Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Europea Golf Open

1942Hermann Goering proclaims occupied areas "thoroughly empty to plunder"

1996George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire"

1967Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

1972Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Knoxville Ladies Golf Classic

1973Roberto Clemente & Warren Spahn inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame

1989Beth Daniel wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open

1996US President Bill Clinton signs a new bill imposing sanctions on non-US companies which invest over $40 million a year in the energy sectors of Iran or Libya

1984Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics

1809Alfred Lord Tennyson, Somersby, England, Poet Laureate of Great Britain

1861Edith Roosevelt, Norwich Connecticut, First Lady of the United States and wife of Teddy Roosevelt

1881Alexander Fleming, London, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954), (d. 1955)

1965David Robinson, Key West Florida, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs, Olympic-gold-92)

1928Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, pop artist & film producer (Frankenstein, Bad), (d. 1987)

1911Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), (d. 1989)

1983Film director Philippe de Broca (50) weds actress Margot Kidder (34) in France

2005Legendary Hollywood film producer Robert Evans (75) weds Lady Victoria White (42) at the One & Only Palmilla resort in Cabo San Lucas

1968Children's author Theodor Geisel [Dr. Seuss] (64) weds Audrey Stone Dimond

1953NHL goaltender Terry Sawchuk (23) weds Patricia Ann Morey

2004Rick James, American funk musician ("Super Freak") dies aged 56

1637Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet, dies at 65

1991Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68

1973Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, Cuban Dictator (1940-58), dies at 72