August 6

Events

 * -, , is founded by.
 * - Sixty proof sheets of the are delivered to the.
 * -, the last , abdicates, thus ending the.
 * - founded in  as the first private military school in the.
 * - gains independence from.
 * - is founded in.
 * - annexation of,.
 * - : The   is scuttled on the  after suffering damage in a battle with  near,.
 * - : is fought, resulting in a decisive  victory.
 * - At in, murderer  becomes the first person to be  by.
 * - land in  is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous.
 * - and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.
 * - The meets at the.
 * - : - Two days after the  declared war on  over the German invasion of, ten   leave their base in  to attack  warships in the.
 * 1914  - :  declares war on ;  declares war on.
 * 1914  - Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the, becoming the first  to fight in.
 * - : - The  mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at.
 * - World War I: The between the Romanian and German armies begins.
 * - Henry Sullivan swims the.
 * - becomes first woman to swim across the.
 * 1926  - In, the '  system premieres with the movie  starring.
 * 1926  -  performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
 * - A curfew is imposed on gas stations in preparation for the upcoming war.
 * - is the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the.
 * - : is  when an, "Little Boy", is dropped by the   .  Around 70,000 people were killed instantly.
 * - After going bankrupt in, the broadcaster  has its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.
 * - : runner  broke the world record for the  at the  in, in a time of 3:54.5.
 * - : In response to a, nationalizes  and foreign-owned property in the nation.
 * - Second successful manned orbital flight
 * - becomes independent.
 * -, the world's oldest , is cut down.
 * -  signs the  into.
 * - crashes in  killing all 42 on board.
 * - lays foundation-stone of,.
 * - A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the coast dumps a record 328 millimetres (13 inches) of rain in a day on.
 * - "" in . A riot erupted in Tompkins Square Park when police attempted to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists were caught up in the police action that took place on the night of August 6 and the early morning of August 7.
 * - : The orders a global  against  in response to 's invasion of.
 * - releases files describing his idea for the . WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the.
 * 1991  -, chair of the , becomes  first female speaker of the.
 * - is confirmed by the  to be the director of the.
 * 1996  -  announces that the  meteorite, thought to originate from, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
 * - buys $150 million worth of shares of financially troubled.
 * 1997  -, a -300, crashes into the jungle on  on approach to airport, killing 228.
 * - The 's, under , publishes , notable for its lack of the  in the  text of the.
 * - briefing entitled  delivered to . This document foreshadowed the.
 * - is made
 * 2002  -  prove the long standing  in the article entitled 
 * 2007  -  The  in Utah collapses trapping 6 men.

Births

 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Italian singer and composer (d. )
 * -, French philosopher (d. )
 * -, French mistress of (d. )
 * -, French naval commander (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, English chemist (d. )
 * -, French marshal (d. )
 * -, Irish politician (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, British engineer (d. )
 * 1844  -  (d. )
 * -, American (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, American writer and researcher (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Austrian actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1881  -, Scottish scientist,  (d. )
 * 1881  -, American gossip columnist (d. )
 * -, British racing driver (d. )
 * -, German baritone (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * 1889  -, American Air Force General (d. )
 * -, British general (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American geophysicist (d. )
 * -, American bootlegger (d. )
 * -, American basketball coach (d. )
 * -, American trombonist (d. )
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * 1908  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British film director (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, British racing driver (d. )
 * -, American historian (d. )
 * 1916  -, Maltese
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American record producer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * - Sir, English entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * 1926  -, British actor
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * 1928  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, American jazz singer
 * -, British painter
 * -, English writer
 * -, English actress
 * 1937  -, Brazilian guitarist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1938  -, American actor
 * -, ian politician
 * -, American poker player
 * 1941  -, American baseball player
 * -, American convicted drug felon
 * -, American computer scientist (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1945  -, British TV director (d. )
 * -, British musician
 * 1946  -, n politician
 * 1946  -, Japanese comedian
 * -, Canadian professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish clergyman
 * 1949  -, Catholic Bishop of
 * -, American actor
 * -, Australian television personality
 * 1951  -, American actress
 * -, American musician (ex-)
 * -, American sports announcer
 * -, American politician
 * 1957  -, American baseball player
 * -, Chinese-Malaysian actress
 * 1962  -, French singer and actor
 * -, American computer hacker
 * -, American actor and director
 * -, Japanese composer
 * 1965  -, American basketball player
 * 1967  -, American sportscaster
 * 1967  -, Quebec talk show host and producer
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Indian-born American film director
 * -, American actress
 * -, British singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1973  -, American sportscaster
 * 1973  -, Australian cyclist
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * -, American Actor, Director, Producer
 * 1975  -, Austrian alpine skier
 * -, Australian actress
 * 1976  -, American actress
 * -, Danish footballer
 * 1977  -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, American supermodel
 * -, Welsh footballer
 * -, American-born Taiwanese singer
 * -, British actor
 * -, American guitarist
 * 1982  -, American model
 * 1982  -, American actor
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American murder victim (d. )
 * -, American murder victim (d. )

Deaths

 * - Saint
 * - Saint
 * -, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. )
 * -, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. )
 * - King
 * - King (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Mayor of Bamberg (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, English merchant (b. )
 * -, Polish-Lithuanian noble
 * -, Spanish painter (b. )
 * -, English royalist (b. )
 * -, French philosopher and mathematician (b. )
 * -, French Catholic archbishop (b. )
 * -, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. )
 * -, English (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Russian general and statesman
 * -, Irish poet (b. )
 * -, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. )
 * -, co-founder of the (b. )
 * -, English businessman (b. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. )
 * -, Austrian music critic (b. )
 * -,  (b. )
 * -, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1945  -  (b. )
 * 1945  -, America's all time  (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American playwright, screenwriter, and director (b. )
 * - Sir, English actor (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, German sociologist and philosopher (b. )
 * -, American blues singer (b. )
 * 1973  -,  and  leader (b. )
 * -, American jazz saxophonist (b. )
 * -, Russian cellist (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, German biochemist, (b. )
 * -, German singer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (b. )
 * -, American Air Force leader (b. )
 * -, French anthropologist (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician and governor general (b. )
 * 1991  -, Former Iranian prime minister, assassinated in Paris  (b. )
 * 1991  -, American reporter (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Italian singer and songwriter (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, Brazilian writer (b. )
 * 2001  -, English actress (b. )
 * -, Dutch computer scientist (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Cuban musician (b. )
 * 2005  -, American jazz bassist (b. )
 * 2005  -, British politician (b. )
 * -, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project, Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. )
 * 2007  -, German  (b. )
 * 2007  -, German  (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - 's.
 * -  - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the  atomic bomb in.
 * - 's.
 * -  - Floating lantern ceremony to honor those killed by the  atomic bomb in.
 * Feast of the
 * (died 258)
 * ,, martyr [Paris]
 * , martyrs [common]
 * (father of, according to Catholic tradition)
 * , martyrs in 304 at [France]
 * St. Xystus/, pope, martyr [common]
 * , virgin [Bruges]
 * Feast of the