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| August 6th, 2007 (August 06 2007) | Death | Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (born in 1969) | |
| August 6th, 2007 (August 06 2007) | Death | Heinz Barth, German convicted war criminal (SS) (born in 1920) | |
| August 6th, 2005 (August 06 2005) | Death | Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (born in 1927) | |
| August 6th, 2005 (August 06 2005) | Death | Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (born in 1928) | |
| August 6th, 2005 (August 06 2005) | Death | Robin Cook, British politician (born in 1946) | |
| August 6th, 2004 (August 06 2004) | Death | Rick James, American musician (born in 1948) | |
| August 6th, 2002 (August 06 2002) | Death | Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (born in 1930) | Edsger Dijkstra Quotes |
| August 6th, 2001 (August 06 2001) | Event | White House briefing entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. delivered to George W. Bush. This document foreshadowed the September 11, 2001 attacks. | George W. Bush Quotes |
| August 6th, 2001 (August 06 2001) | Death | Jorge Amado de Faria, Brazilian writer (born in 1912) | |
| August 6th, 2001 (August 06 2001) | Death | Dorothy Tutin, English actress (born in 1930) | |
| August 6th, 2001 (August 06 2001) | Death | Wilhelm Mohnke, one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard (born in 1911) | Wilhelm Mohnke Quotes |
| August 6th, 2000 (August 06 2000) | Event | The Roman Catholic Church s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, under Prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, publishes Dominus Iesus, notable for its lack of the filioque clause in the Latin text of the Nicene Creed. | |
| August 6th, 1998 (August 06 1998) | Death | Andre Weil, French mathematician (born in 1906) | Andre Weil Quotes |
| August 6th, 1997 (August 06 1997) | Event | Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228. | |
| August 6th, 1996 (August 06 1996) | Event | NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms. | |
| August 6th, 1994 (August 06 1994) | Death | Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (born in 1928) | |
| August 6th, 1993 (August 06 1993) | Event | According to Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy massive rain and debris blow occurred at widely Kagoshima and Aira area, Kyushu, Japan, killing 72. | |
| August 6th, 1993 (August 06 1993) | Death | Tex Hughson, American baseball player (born in 1916) | |
| August 6th, 1991 (August 06 1991) | Event | Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Weborn in WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet. | |
| August 6th, 1991 (August 06 1991) | Event | Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan s first female speaker of the House of Representatives. | |
| August 6th, 1991 (August 06 1991) | Death | Roland Michener, Canadian politician and governor general (born in 1900) | |
| August 6th, 1991 (August 06 1991) | Death | Shapour Bakhtiar, Former Iranian prime minister, assassinated in Paris (born in 1915) | |
| August 6th, 1991 (August 06 1991) | Death | Harry Reasoner, American television reporter (born in 1923) | |
| August 6th, 1990 (August 06 1990) | Event | Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq s invasion of Kuwait. | |
| August 6th, 1990 (August 06 1990) | Birth | Jon Benet Ramsey, Murdered child model (died in 1996) | |
| August 6th, 1990 (August 06 1990) | Death | Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (born in 1912) | |
| August 6th, 1987 (August 06 1987) | Birth | Matt Di Angelo, English actor | |
| August 6th, 1987 (August 06 1987) | Death | Ira Eaker, American Air Force leader (born in 1896) | |
| August 6th, 1986 (August 06 1986) | Event | A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney. | |
| August 6th, 1986 (August 06 1986) | Death | Emilio Fernandez, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (born in 1904) | |
| August 6th, 1983 (August 06 1983) | Birth | Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer | |
| August 6th, 1983 (August 06 1983) | Death | Klaus Nomi, German singer (born in 1944) | |
| August 6th, 1982 (August 06 1982) | Birth | Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality | |
| August 6th, 1982 (August 06 1982) | Birth | Justin Germano, American Major League Baseball Player | |
| August 6th, 1982 (August 06 1982) | Birth | Karl Davies, British actor | |
| August 6th, 1982 (August 06 1982) | Birth | Ryan Sypek, American actor | |
| August 6th, 1982 (August 06 1982) | Birth | Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater | |
| August 6th, 1980 (August 06 1980) | Birth | Danny Collins, Welsh footballer | |
| August 6th, 1980 (August 06 1980) | Birth | Wilber Pan, American-born Taiwanese singer | |
| August 6th, 1979 (August 06 1979) | Death | Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1911) | |
| August 6th, 1978 (August 06 1978) | Birth | Marisa Miller, American supermodel | |
| August 6th, 1978 (August 06 1978) | Death | Pope Paul VI (born in 1897) | |
| August 6th, 1977 (August 06 1977) | Birth | Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer | |
| August 6th, 1977 (August 06 1977) | Birth | Jennifer Lyons, American actress | |
| August 6th, 1977 (August 06 1977) | Birth | Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer | |
| August 6th, 1977 (August 06 1977) | Birth | Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer | |
| August 6th, 1976 (August 06 1976) | Event | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays foundation-stone of Port Qasim, Karachi. | |
| August 6th, 1976 (August 06 1976) | Birth | Melissa George, Australian actress | |
| August 6th, 1976 (August 06 1976) | Birth | Soleil Moon Frye, American actress | |
| August 6th, 1976 (August 06 1976) | Death | Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (born in 1903) | |
| August 6th, 1975 (August 06 1975) | Birth | Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| August 6th, 1975 (August 06 1975) | Birth | Jamie McGonnigal, American actor | |
| August 6th, 1975 (August 06 1975) | Birth | Renate Gotschl, Austrian alpine skier | |
| August 6th, 1974 (August 06 1974) | Birth | Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player | |
| August 6th, 1974 (August 06 1974) | Death | Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (born in 1925) | |
| August 6th, 1973 (August 06 1973) | Birth | Vera Farmiga, American actress | |
| August 6th, 1973 (August 06 1973) | Birth | Max Kellerman, American sportscaster | |
| August 6th, 1973 (August 06 1973) | Birth | Stuart O Grady, Australian cyclist | |
| August 6th, 1973 (August 06 1973) | Death | Memphis Minnie, American blues singer (born in 1897) | |
| August 6th, 1973 (August 06 1973) | Death | Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (born in 1901) | |
| August 6th, 1972 (August 06 1972) | Birth | Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls) | |
| August 6th, 1971 (August 06 1971) | Birth | Merrin Dungey, American actress | |
| August 6th, 1971 (August 06 1971) | Birth | Scott Minto, English footballer | |
| August 6th, 1970 (August 06 1970) | Birth | M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director | |
| August 6th, 1970 (August 06 1970) | Birth | Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist | |
| August 6th, 1969 (August 06 1969) | Birth | Elliott Smith, American musician (died in 2003) | Elliott Smith Quotes |
| August 6th, 1969 (August 06 1969) | Death | Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (born in 1903) | Theodor Adorno Quotes |
| August 6th, 1967 (August 06 1967) | Birth | Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko) | |
| August 6th, 1967 (August 06 1967) | Birth | Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster | |
| August 6th, 1967 (August 06 1967) | Birth | Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer | |
| August 6th, 1966 (August 06 1966) | Event | Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board. | |
| August 6th, 1966 (August 06 1966) | Death | Cordwainer Smith, American writer (born in 1913) | |
| August 6th, 1965 (August 06 1965) | Event | US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into United States law. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| August 6th, 1965 (August 06 1965) | Birth | Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer | |
| August 6th, 1965 (August 06 1965) | Birth | David Robinson, American basketball player | |
| August 6th, 1965 (August 06 1965) | Birth | Mark Speight, British television presenter (died in 2008) | |
| August 6th, 1965 (August 06 1965) | Birth | Juliane Kohler, German actress | Julian Quotes |
| August 6th, 1964 (August 06 1964) | Event | Prometheus, the world s oldest tree, is cut down. | |
| August 6th, 1964 (August 06 1964) | Birth | Moosie Drier, American actor and director | |
| August 6th, 1964 (August 06 1964) | Death | Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (born in 1893) | |
| August 6th, 1963 (August 06 1963) | Birth | Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker | |
| August 6th, 1962 (August 06 1962) | Event | Jamaica becomes independent. | |
| August 6th, 1962 (August 06 1962) | Birth | Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress | |
| August 6th, 1962 (August 06 1962) | Birth | Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor | |
| August 6th, 1961 (August 06 1961) | Event | Cosmonaut Gherman Titov makes the second successful manned orbital flight for the (USSR. | |
| August 6th, 1960 (August 06 1960) | Event | Cuban Revolution: In response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation. | |
| August 6th, 1960 (August 06 1960) | Event | USA The Highest Ever Parachute jump was Made by Joe Kittinger in Excelsior III at 100,000Ft (31KM/23Mi) and lasted for 15 Minutes and 3 Seconds. | |
| August 6th, 1959 (August 06 1959) | Death | Preston Sturges, American playwright, screenwriter, and director (born in 1898) | |
| August 6th, 1958 (August 06 1958) | Event | Sports: Australian runner Herb Elliot broke the world record for the mile at the Morton Stadium in Dublin, in a time of 3:54.5. | |
| August 6th, 1957 (August 06 1957) | Birth | Jim McGreevey, American politician | |
| August 6th, 1957 (August 06 1957) | Birth | Bob Horner, American baseball player | |
| August 6th, 1956 (August 06 1956) | Event | After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network has its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena. | |
| August 6th, 1954 (August 06 1954) | Birth | Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer | |
| August 6th, 1952 (August 06 1952) | Birth | Vinnie Vincent, American musician (ex-Kiss) | |
| August 6th, 1951 (August 06 1951) | Birth | Daryl Somers, Australian television personality | |
| August 6th, 1951 (August 06 1951) | Birth | Catherine Hicks, American actress | |
| August 6th, 1950 (August 06 1950) | Birth | Dorian Harewood, American actor | |
| August 6th, 1949 (August 06 1949) | Birth | Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (died in 1993) | |
| August 6th, 1949 (August 06 1949) | Birth | Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman | |
| August 6th, 1949 (August 06 1949) | Birth | Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu | |
| August 6th, 1946 (August 06 1946) | Birth | Allan Holdsworth, British musician | |
| August 6th, 1946 (August 06 1946) | Birth | Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician | |
| August 6th, 1946 (August 06 1946) | Birth | Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian | |
| August 6th, 1946 (August 06 1946) | Death | Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (born in 1903) | |
| August 6th, 1945 (August 06 1945) | Event | World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly, and some tens of thousands died in subsequent years due to burns and radiation poisoning. | |
| August 6th, 1945 (August 06 1945) | Birth | Andy Messersmith, American baseball player | Seba Smith Quotes |
| August 6th, 1945 (August 06 1945) | Birth | Ron Jones, British TV director (died in 1995) | |
| August 6th, 1945 (August 06 1945) | Death | Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (born in 1920) | |
| August 6th, 1945 (August 06 1945) | Death | Hiram Johnson, American politician (born in 1866) | Hiram Johnson Quotes |
| August 6th, 1945 (August 06 1945) | Death | Prince Wu of Korea (born in 1912) | |
| August 6th, 1943 (August 06 1943) | Birth | Jon Postel, American computer scientist (died in 1998) | Jon Postel Quotes |
| August 6th, 1942 (August 06 1942) | Event | Queen Wilhelmina is the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress. | |
| August 6th, 1942 (August 06 1942) | Birth | George Jung, American convicted drug felon | |
| August 6th, 1941 (August 06 1941) | Birth | Lyle Berman, American poker player | |
| August 6th, 1941 (August 06 1941) | Birth | Ray Culp, American baseball player | |
| August 6th, 1940 (August 06 1940) | Birth | Mukhu Aliyev, Dagestanian politician | |
| August 6th, 1938 (August 06 1938) | Birth | Paul Bartel, American actor (died in 2000) | |
| August 6th, 1938 (August 06 1938) | Birth | Peter Bonerz, American actor | |
| August 6th, 1937 (August 06 1937) | Birth | Barbara Windsor, English actress | |
| August 6th, 1937 (August 06 1937) | Birth | Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (died in 2000) | |
| August 6th, 1934 (August 06 1934) | Birth | Piers Anthony, English writer | Piers Anthony Quotes |
| August 6th, 1932 (August 06 1932) | Birth | Howard Hodgkin, British painter | |
| August 6th, 1931 (August 06 1931) | Event | Bix Beiderbecke dies at age 28 of an Alcohol seizure. | |
| August 6th, 1931 (August 06 1931) | Death | Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (born in 1903) | |
| August 6th, 1930 (August 06 1930) | Birth | Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer | |
| August 6th, 1929 (August 06 1929) | Birth | Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (died in 2007) | |
| August 6th, 1928 (August 06 1928) | Birth | Andy Warhol, American artist (died in 1987) | Andy Warhol Quotes |
| August 6th, 1928 (August 06 1928) | Birth | Herb Moford, American baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| August 6th, 1926 (August 06 1926) | Event | Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim across the English Channel. | |
| August 6th, 1926 (August 06 1926) | Event | In New York, the Warner Brothers Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore. | |
| August 6th, 1926 (August 06 1926) | Event | Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. | Harry Houdini Quotes |
| August 6th, 1926 (August 06 1926) | Birth | Clem Labine, American baseball player (died in 2007) | |
| August 6th, 1926 (August 06 1926) | Birth | Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (died in 1999) | |
| August 6th, 1926 (August 06 1926) | Birth | Frank Finlay, British actor | |
| August 6th, 1925 (August 06 1925) | Birth | Barbara Bates, American actress (died in 1969) | |
| August 6th, 1923 (August 06 1923) | Event | Henry Sullivan swims the English Channel. | |
| August 6th, 1923 (August 06 1923) | Birth | Jess Collins, American artist (died in 2004) | |
| August 6th, 1922 (August 06 1922) | Birth | Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (died in 2006) | |
| August 6th, 1920 (August 06 1920) | Birth | Ella Raines, American actress (died in 1988) | |
| August 6th, 1920 (August 06 1920) | Death | Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (born in 1890) | |
| August 6th, 1918 (August 06 1918) | Birth | Norman Granz, American record producer (died in 2001) | |
| August 6th, 1917 (August 06 1917) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Marasesti between the Romanian and German armies begins. | |
| August 6th, 1917 (August 06 1917) | Birth | Robert Mitchum, American actor (died in 1997) | |
| August 6th, 1916 (August 06 1916) | Birth | Richard Hofstadter, American historian (died in 1970) | Richard Hofstadter Quotes |
| August 6th, 1916 (August 06 1916) | Birth | Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister | |
| August 6th, 1915 (August 06 1915) | Event | World War I: Battle of Sari BairThe Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay. | |
| August 6th, 1914 (August 06 1914) | Event | World War I: First Battle of the AtlanticTwo days after the United Kingdom 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. | |
| August 6th, 1914 (August 06 1914) | Event | World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia. | |
| August 6th, 1914 (August 06 1914) | Event | Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I. | |
| August 6th, 1914 (August 06 1914) | Birth | Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (died in 1980) | |
| August 6th, 1914 (August 06 1914) | Death | Ellen Louise Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson (born in 1860) | |
| August 6th, 1912 (August 06 1912) | Event | The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum. | |
| August 6th, 1911 (August 06 1911) | Birth | Lucille Ball, American actress (died in 1989) | |
| August 6th, 1910 (August 06 1910) | Birth | Charles Crichton, British film director (died in 1999) | |
| August 6th, 1909 (August 06 1909) | Event | Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip. | |
| August 6th, 1908 (August 06 1908) | Birth | Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (died in 1997) | |
| August 6th, 1908 (August 06 1908) | Birth | Will Lee, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| August 6th, 1906 (August 06 1906) | Birth | Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (died in 1984) | |
| August 6th, 1904 (August 06 1904) | Birth | Henry Iba, American basketball coach (died in 1993) | |
| August 6th, 1904 (August 06 1904) | Death | Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (born in 1825) | |
| August 6th, 1902 (August 06 1902) | Birth | Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (died in 1935) | |
| August 6th, 1901 (August 06 1901) | Event | Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation. | |
| August 6th, 1900 (August 06 1900) | Birth | Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (died in 2003) | |
| August 6th, 1893 (August 06 1893) | Birth | Wright Patman, American politician (died in 1976) | |
| August 6th, 1893 (August 06 1893) | Death | Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (born in 1811) | |
| August 6th, 1892 (August 06 1892) | Birth | Hoot Gibson, American actor (died in 1962) | |
| August 6th, 1891 (August 06 1891) | Birth | William Slim, British general (died in 1970) | |
| August 6th, 1890 (August 06 1890) | Event | At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. | |
| August 6th, 1889 (August 06 1889) | Birth | John Middleton Murry, English poet (died in 1957) | |
| August 6th, 1889 (August 06 1889) | Birth | George Kenney, American Air Force General (died in 1977) | |
| August 6th, 1888 (August 06 1888) | Birth | Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (died in 1952) | |
| August 6th, 1887 (August 06 1887) | Birth | Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (died in 1957) | |
| August 6th, 1884 (August 06 1884) | Death | Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (born in 1812) | |
| August 6th, 1881 (August 06 1881) | Birth | Leo Carrillo, American actor (died in 1961) | |
| August 6th, 1881 (August 06 1881) | Birth | Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (died in 1955) | |
| August 6th, 1881 (August 06 1881) | Birth | Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (died in 1972) | |
| August 6th, 1881 (August 06 1881) | Death | James White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (born in 1821) | |
| August 6th, 1880 (August 06 1880) | Birth | Hans Moser, Austrian actor (died in 1964) | |
| August 6th, 1877 (August 06 1877) | Birth | Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (died in 1952) | |
| August 6th, 1874 (August 06 1874) | Birth | Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (died in 1932) | Charles Fort Quotes |
| August 6th, 1870 (August 06 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: Battle of W?rth is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. | |
| August 6th, 1868 (August 06 1868) | Birth | Paul Claudel, French poet (died in 1955) | |
| August 6th, 1866 (August 06 1866) | Death | John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (born in 1818) | |
| August 6th, 1862 (August 06 1862) | Event | American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | |
| August 6th, 1861 (August 06 1861) | Event | British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria. | |
| August 6th, 1861 (August 06 1861) | Birth | Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (died in 1948) | |
| August 6th, 1850 (August 06 1850) | Death | Edward Walsh, Irish poet (born in 1805) | |
| August 6th, 1845 (August 06 1845) | Event | Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg. | |
| August 6th, 1844 (August 06 1844) | Birth | James Henry Greathead, British engineer (died in 1896) | Henry James Quotes |
| August 6th, 1844 (August 06 1844) | Birth | Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died in 1900) | |
| August 6th, 1828 (August 06 1828) | Death | Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman | |
| August 6th, 1825 (August 06 1825) | Event | Bolivia gains independence from Spain. | |
| August 6th, 1819 (August 06 1819) | Event | Norwich University founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States. | |
| August 6th, 1815 (August 06 1815) | Death | James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (born in 1767) | |
| August 6th, 1809 (August 06 1809) | Birth | Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (died in 1892) | |
| August 6th, 1806 (August 06 1806) | Event | Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire. | |
| August 6th, 1794 (August 06 1794) | Death | Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, British politician (born in 1714) | |
| August 6th, 1787 (August 06 1787) | Event | Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention. | |
| August 6th, 1775 (August 06 1775) | Birth | Daniel O Connell, Irish politician (died in 1847) | |
| August 6th, 1768 (August 06 1768) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Bessieres, French marshal (died in 1813) | |
| August 6th, 1766 (August 06 1766) | Birth | William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (died in 1828) | |
| August 6th, 1759 (August 06 1759) | Death | Eugene Aram, English philologist (born in 1704) | Philo Quotes |
| August 6th, 1753 (August 06 1753) | Death | Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (born in 1711) | |
| August 6th, 1715 (August 06 1715) | Birth | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (died in 1747) | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues Quotes |
| August 6th, 1697 (August 06 1697) | Birth | Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1745) | Holy Roman Emperor Charles V Quotes |
| August 6th, 1695 (August 06 1695) | Death | Francois de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (born in 1625) | |
| August 6th, 1694 (August 06 1694) | Death | Antoine Arnauld, French philosopher and mathematician (born in 1612) | Philo Quotes |
| August 6th, 1679 (August 06 1679) | Death | John Snell, English royalist (born in 1629) | |
| August 6th, 1666 (August 06 1666) | Birth | Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (died in 1699) | |
| August 6th, 1661 (August 06 1661) | Event | Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic. | |
| August 6th, 1660 (August 06 1660) | Death | Diego Velazquez, Spanish painter (born in 1599) | |
| August 6th, 1657 (August 06 1657) | Death | Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble | |
| August 6th, 1656 (August 06 1656) | Birth | Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (died in 1733) | |
| August 6th, 1645 (August 06 1645) | Death | Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (born in 1575) | |
| August 6th, 1644 (August 06 1644) | Birth | Louise de la Valliere, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (died in 1710) | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| August 6th, 1638 (August 06 1638) | Birth | Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (died in 1715) | Philo Quotes |
| August 6th, 1637 (August 06 1637) | Death | Ben Jonson, English writer (born in 1572) | Ben Jonson Quotes |
| August 6th, 1628 (August 06 1628) | Death | Johannes Junius, Mayor of Bamberg (born in 1573) | Junius Quotes |
| August 6th, 1623 (August 06 1623) | Death | Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare s wife) (born in 1556) | Anne Hathaway Quotes |
| August 6th, 1619 (August 06 1619) | Birth | Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (died in 1677) | |
| August 6th, 1609 (August 06 1609) | Birth | Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (died in 1675) | |
| August 6th, 1538 (August 06 1538) | Event | Bogota, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada. | |
| August 6th, 1504 (August 06 1504) | Birth | Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died in 1575) | |
| August 6th, 1458 (August 06 1458) | Death | Pope Callixtus III (born in 1378) | |
| August 6th, 1414 (August 06 1414) | Death | King Ladislas of Naples (born in 1377) | |
| August 6th, 1272 (August 06 1272) | Death | King Stephen V of Hungary | Stephen King Quotes |
| August 6th, 1221 (August 06 1221) | Death | Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the Dominicans (born in 1170) | |
| August 6th, 1195 (August 06 1195) | Death | Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (born in 1129) | |
| August 6th, 1180 (August 06 1180) | Birth | Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (died in 1239) | |
| August 6th, 1162 (August 06 1162) | Death | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona | |
| August 6th, 0523 (August 06 0523) | Death | Saint Pope Hormisdas | |
| August 6th, 0258 (August 06 0258) | Death | Saint Pope Sixtus II | |
