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August 6

A look at August 6 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Robin van Persie and Andy Warhol, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2010

    2010 Ladakh floods

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

    Natural disaster in India
  2. 1997

    Korean Air Flight 801

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

    1997 aviation accident in
  3. 1991

    Tim Berners-Lee

    Tim 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.

    English computer scientist (born
  4. 1965

    Lyndon B. Johnson

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

    President of the United
  5. 1962

    Jamaica

    Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

    Country in the Caribbean
  6. 1945

    World War II

    World 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 radiation poisoning.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  7. 1940

    Estonia

    Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union.

    Country in Northern Europe
  8. 1914

    World War I

    World 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.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  9. 1914

    Serbia

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

    Country in Southeast and
  10. 1538

    Bogotá

    Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

    Capital and largest city
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Famous birthday twins

Born on August 6

Robin van Persie

b. 1983

Dutch footballer

Andy Warhol

b. 1928

American painter, photographer and film director

Kevin Mitnick

b. 1963

American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker

Bafétimbi Gomis

b. 1985

French footballer

Robert Mitchum

b. 1917

American actor

Geri Halliwell

b. 1972

English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Alexander Fleming

b. 1881

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate

M. Night Shyamalan

b. 1970

Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

Deaths

  • 2002Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic
  • 1978Pope Paul VI, Head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
  • 1973Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba
  • 1660Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator
  • 1221Dominic de Guzmán, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order
  • 1027Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Normandy from 1026 to 1027

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus
  • —Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto
  • —Christian holidays and observances Hormisdas
  • —Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor
  • —Christian holidays and observances August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
  • —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.

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