August 6

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 6. From 1900 until now. August 6 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Andy Warhol (1928), Marc Lavoine (1962) and Sofia Essaïdi (1984). Several movies were released around August 6 over the years, such as Sholay in 1975 directed by Ramesh Sippy and Sweethearts on Parade in 1930 directed by Marshall Neilan.
But much more happened on August 6 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Jamaica - Independence Day
Roman Catholicism - several feasts, including those of at least 3 saints: Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
St. Joachim (father of St. Mary, according to Catholic tradition)
St. Juatus
St. Pastor
Bolivia - Independence Day
United Arab Emirates - H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day
Japan - Toro Nagashi (Hiroshima) - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the U.S. atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
St. Xystus/Sixtus
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Events

2018 2018 European heat wave: A heat wave in Spain kills nine people. (Público)A heat wave in Genoa, Italy, kills seven people. (Genova24)
2017 Boko Haram insurgency: Gunmen kill 11 worshipers in St Phillip's Catholic Church in the town of Ozubulu in Nigeria's Anambra State. (Reuters)
2016 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that 10 people have been killed in an air strike on a hospital in the town of Milis in Syria's Idlib province. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2015 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A suicide bomber kills at least eight people and injures twelve in the city of Pul-i-Alam in Logar Province. (AP via ABC News)
2014 Syrian Civil War: Saudi Arabia grants Lebanon US$1 billion to help the country in its conflict with self-declared jihadist fighters on the border with Syria. (Al Jazeera)
2013 2013 India–Pakistan border incidents: Five Indian Army soldiers are killed in an attack near the Pakistan border in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. (Reuters)
2012 ''Curiosity'', the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.ref name=MarsScienceLaboratory
2011 2011 Syrian uprising: The Gulf Co-operation Council urges an end to the ampquotbloodshedampquot in Syria, and calls for reforms. (Al Arabiya)
2010 The incoming coalition government of the United Kingdom discontinues the use of the controversial ContactPoint database of children.
2009 Rosa Gumataotao Rios takes the oath of office as 43rd US Treasurer.
2008 A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'etat in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
2007 American Home Mortgage files for bankruptcy.
2006 BP oil company in Alaska announces it would have to replace 16 miles of feeder lines in its North Slope oil facility, shutting down about 50 percent of Prudhoe Bay's production.
2005 Tuninter flight 1153 ditched due to engine failure. 16 die
2004 Pacific Islands Forum leaders call for assistance for Nauru to prevent the emergence of another "failed state". (The Age)
2003 2003 California recall: Arnold Schwarzenegger announces he will run for Governor of California in the recall election of Gray Davis.
2001 Died: Dick Rehbein, in his second year as a quarterbacks coach for the New England Patriots in the NFL, dies of heart failure at the age of 45.
1997 NHL Nashville Tenn names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach
1996 NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms.
1995 Damn Yankees closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 510 performances
1994 Algerian Moslem fundamentalists threaten school / Universities
1993 Japan Hosokawa government begins
1992 President Bush urges the United Nations to approve a military intervention in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1990 President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses Premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
1989 Oh! Calcutta! closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances
1988 Oakland Athletics Jose Canseco becomes 11th to hit 30 HRs and steal 30 bases
1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for IBM
1985 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB
1984 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
1982 California Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also)
1981 Crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
1979 61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills, Michigan
1978 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
1976 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern railroad yard in Wenatchee, Washington.
1973 Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame
1972 Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
1971 A lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed.
1969 Baltimore Orioles pull their third triple play (5-4-3 versus Kansas City Royals).
1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1966 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Brian London
1965 32nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16 (68,000)
1964 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
1961 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
1960 Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1956 After 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.
1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military
1952 Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout
1951 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria.
1950 Monarchist demonstrations lead to a riot in Brussels.
1949 Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop
1948 Dreesgovt (KVP / Social Democratics / CHU / Liberal) forms
1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court.
1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by Enola Gay
1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died
1943 US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily
1942 Assinibaine destroyer sinks U-210
1941 Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning
1940 Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1939 1st broadcast of Dinah Shore Show on NBC-radio
1938 The Looney Tunes animated short ''Porky amp Daffy'' is released.
1937 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid
1936 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1930 Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in New York City
1926 Don Juan with John Barrymore shown
1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens municipal ferry system begins.
1919 Romanian forces destroys Bela Kun Republic in Budapest
1918 Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France
1917 World War I: Battle of Marasesti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia
1912 The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1910 New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
1909 Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.
1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
1901 Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
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