This Day In U2 History

August 06

World Events

• The US bomber, The Enola Gay, drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Days later another is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. (1945)

U2 Shows on This Day

• 1997: Valle Hovin, Oslo, Norway [U2]
• 2001: Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium [U2]
• 2009: Stadion Śląski, Katowice, Poland [U2]
• 2010: Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin, Italy [U2]

News Stories on This Day

• 2010-08-06: New Songs in U2360 (Original story (www.u2wanderer.org))
• 1980-08-06: U2 Release New Single: A Day Without Me (Press Release (Island Records))