Tukuk-OS📅 August 6
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 6? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.
- 2011 — A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.
- 2010 — Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across Ladakh in Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
- 2008 — Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.
- 1997 — Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.
Korean Air Flight 801Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
- 1996 — Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.
- 1991 — British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.
- 1979 — An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people.
1979 Coyote Lake earthquakeCalaveras FaultCoyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California)
- 1965 — U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.
- 1945 — World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.
- 1944 — World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).
- 1930 — New York Supreme Court judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in Manhattan, in a case that was never solved.
- 1892 — The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.
- 1777 — The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.
- 1623 — After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.
- 686 — Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.
Births
- 2004 — Takhmina Ikromova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast
- 2002 — Nessa Barrett, American singer-songwriter
- 1999 — Hunter Greene, American baseball player
- 1999 — Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player
- 1995 — Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
- 1991 — Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1991 — Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
- 1987 — Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
- 1986 — Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
- 1985 — Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
- 1985 — Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
- 1985 — Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
Deaths
- 2024 — Billy Bean, American baseball player (born 1964)
- 2024 — Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (born 1952)
- 2024 — James Bjorken, American theoretical physicist (born 1934)
- 2020 — Vern Rumsey, American bass guitarist (born 1973)
- 2018 — Joël Robuchon, French Chef (born 1945)
- 2018 — Margaret Heckler, American politician (born 1931)
- 2018 — Anya Krugovoy Silver, American poet (born 1968)
- 2017 — Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (born 1938)
- 2017 — Darren Daulton, American baseball player (born 1962)
- 2015 — Ray Hill, American football player (born 1975)
- 2015 — Orna Porat, German-Israeli actress (born 1924)
- 2014 — Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1941)
Observances & holidays
- Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus
- Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto
- Christian holidays and observances Felicissimus and Agapitus
- Christian holidays and observances Pope Hormisdas
- Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor
- Christian holidays and observances Pope Sixtus II
- 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.
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)
- Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)
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