AUGUST 6: Enola Gay drops the 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima / "Daydream Believer " / 'We Love You' to The Edge / U2 contribution to stop pollution with 'Beautiful Day' / Forbes Sells Stake to Bono and Partners!

Hiroshima - august 6, 1945 - 8:15 AM Local Time. The US bomber "Enola Gay" drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Days later, another is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Japan surrenders within 24 hours of the second bombing and ends the Pacific Theater portion of World War II.

"POPMart" tour - august 6 1997 U2 perform in Oslo, Norway. Edge´s karaoke this night is "Daydream Believer."

"Elevation" tour - august 06, 2001 / Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis - Stereophonics. Unknown song 'We Love You' U2 perform before 'One' to Edge. The song had reportedly been soundchecked in Zurich recently. Bono sings 'She's a Mystery to Me' in honor of Roy Orbison. Edge wears red shirt #2 this night.

U2 contribution to stop pollution with 'Beautiful Day' - August 6, 2006 - U2 has joined the Bay Area's Spare the Air campaign. No, you won't see Bono riding the Pittsburg/Bay Point line, but you will hear part of his band's Grammy Award-winning song, "It's a Beautiful Day," in radio and TV spots asking you to cut polluting activities on smoggy days.

Forbes Sells Stake to Bono and Partners - August 6, 2006 - Forbes Magazines Sells Stake to Investment Group That Includes Singer Bono of U2 - NEW YORK (AP) -- Forbes magazine said Monday it has sold a minority stake to a private equity group that includes the singer Bono of U2. The firm, called Elevation Partners, is buying a stake in a newly formed company called Forbes Media LLC that will include the magazine and also the Web site Forbes.com and other media properties. ... Elevation Partners' principals include Bono; former Apple Computer Inc. finance chief Fred Anderson; former senior managing director of The Blackstone Group Bret Pearlman; and Marc Bodnick, a founding principal of Silver Lake Partners.