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This day in history: 6 August

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325 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 6 August.
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2015: A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

Holidays and observances

Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto

Christian holidays and observances August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian holidays and observances Felicissimus and Agapitus

Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor

Christian holidays and observances Pope Hormisdas

Christian holidays and observances Pope Sixtus II

Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)

Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.

Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.

Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)

Events

2015A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

2012NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

2011War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in t

2010Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.

2008A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

2001Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

1997Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people on board.

1996NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

1991Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

1991Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.

1990Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

1986A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1965US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

1962Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

1960Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

1958Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed in Chile.

1956After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

1945World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radi

1942Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

1940Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union.

1926First public screening using the Vitaphone process

1926Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

1917World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.

1915World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.

1914World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

1914World War I: U-boat campaign: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

1901Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.

1890At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

1870Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a German victory.

1870Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive German victory.

1862American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1861Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.

1825The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.

1824Peruvian War of Independence: Patriot forces led by Simón Bolívar defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the Battle of Junín.

1819Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

1806Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.

1787Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1777American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

1661The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

1585Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Born on this day

2004Takhmina Ikromova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast

2002Nessa Barrett, American singer-songwriter

1999Hunter Greene, American baseball player

1999Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player

1995Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player

1991Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer

1991Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player

1987Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer

1986Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player

1985Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer

1985Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer

1985Mickaël Delage, French cyclist

1984Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer

1984Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player

1984Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer

1983Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer

1981Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater

1981Leslie Odom Jr., American actor and singer

1979Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist

1979Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer

1979Travis Reed, American basketball player

1977Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager

1977Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer

1977Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer

1976Melissa George, Australian-American actress

1976Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

1975Jason Crump, English-Australian motorcycle racer

1975Renate Götschl, Austrian skier

1975Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

1973Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist

1973Vera Farmiga, American actress

1972Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1972Jason O'Mara, Irish actor

1970M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

1969Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

1969Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster

1968Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer

1966Regina Carter, American jazz and classical violinist, and composer

1965David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant

1965Stéphane Peterhansel, French racing driver

Died on this day

2024Billy Bean, American baseball player (born 1964)

2024Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (born 1952)

2024James Bjorken, American theoretical physicist (born 1934)

2020Vern Rumsey, American bass guitarist (born 1973)

2018Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (born 1968)

2018Joël Robuchon, French Chef (born 1945)

2018Margaret Heckler, American politician (born 1931)

2017Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (born 1938)

2017Darren Daulton, American baseball player (born 1962)

2015Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (born 1924)

2015Ray Hill, American football player (born 1975)

2014Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (born 1928)

2014John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (born 1927)

2014Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1941)

2013Jerry Wolman, American businessman (born 1927)

2013Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (born 1929)

2013Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (born 1931)

2012Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (born 1913)

2012Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (born 1953)

2012Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (born 1954)

2012Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1944)

2012Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1944)

2012Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (born 1938)

2012Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (born 1918)

2011Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (born 1911)

2009John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1950)

2009Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (born 1909)

2009Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

2008Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (born 1934)

2007Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (born 1969)

Quote of the day

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”

attributed to the Buddha

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