Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/August 6

August 6: National Wear Glow-in-the-Dark Viking Costumes Day (pictured)

• 578 - The Vikings discover glow-in-the-dark materials long before Columbus.
• 862 - Viking raiders give up glow-in-the-dark clothing after being attacked by overly friendly sea monsters.
• 1054 - Hog breeders give up trying to breed piggy banks when they find that buyers dislike the method of getting the coins out.
• 1945 - The U.S. gives the city of Hiroshima, Japan custom glow-in-the-dark costumes.
• 1855 - The concept of The Great American Novel is first introduced, when thousands of people traverse the country in covered wagons, contract dysentery, and feel "really good" about America.
• 1890 - After Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant during his demonstration of the "dangers" of AC current, New York adopts the electric chair for execution. Murderer Andy Dick would be the first to die by this method, though it is unknown if he dies by electrocution or from the weight of the elephant sitting in his lap.
• 1940 - Estonia decides to become part of Russia after most of the latter's army walks in for a short visit.
• 1945 - United States gets the first ever 25-kill streak on the map of Hiroshima; immediately uses kill streak reward of tactical nuke for the round win.
• 1998 - A Gay Pride parade in Hoboken, New Jersey is interrupted by an impromptu interior decorating parade proceeding down an intersecting street in what comes to be known by all who participated as "fabulous".
• 2006 - A 1.5 magnitude earthquake occurs on the Moon. Global warming is promptly blamed for the incident.
• 2008 - In a major tragedy, aftershocks from a large earthquake in China knock over an American man's glass of water in Cleveland, Ohio.