Historical events on August 6
AUGUST 6, 1945
World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay (pictured with crew) dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing about 70,000 people instantly.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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AUGUST 6, 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.
A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When
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AUGUST 6, 2013
A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.
A gas explosion caused by a large gas leak occurred in a residential area of Rosario, the third-largest city in Argentina, on
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AUGUST 6, 686
Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.
The Second Fitna was a period of general political and military disorder and civil war in the Islamic community during the early
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AUGUST 6, 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 801 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B.
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AUGUST 6, 2010
Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
The 2010 Ladakh floods occurred on 6 August 2010 across a large part of Ladakh, then part of the state of Jammu
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AUGUST 6, 1979
An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people.
The 1979 Coyote Lake earthquake occurred at 10:05:24 local time on August 6 with a moment magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum
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AUGUST 6, 1623
After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.
Pope Gregory XV, born Alessandro Ludovisi, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February
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AUGUST 6, 2008
Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was a Mauritanian politician who was President of Mauritania from 2007 to 2008. He served in the
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AUGUST 6, 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.
The Battle of Oriskany was a major engagement of the Saratoga campaign during the American Revolutionary War. On August 6, 1777, an
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AUGUST 6, 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.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became
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AUGUST 6, 1944
World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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AUGUST 6, 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.
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code – someone with skill in computer programming.
AUGUST 6, 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.
A series of riots took place between 6 and 11 August 2011 in cities and towns across England, which saw looting and
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AUGUST 6, 1892
The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.
The Abir Congo Company was a company that exploited natural rubber in the Congo Free State, the private property of King Leopold
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