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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, 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, 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, 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, 1925 (August 06 1925) | Birth | Barbara Bates, American actress (died in 1969) | |
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, 1845 (August 06 1845) | Event | Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg. | |
August 6th, 1825 (August 06 1825) | Event | Bolivia gains independence from Spain. | |
August 6th, 1815 (August 06 1815) | Death | James A. Bayard (elder), United States Senator from Delaware (born in 1767) | |
August 6th, 1775 (August 06 1775) | Birth | Daniel O Connell, Irish politician (died in 1847) | |
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, 1695 (August 06 1695) | Death | Francois de Harlay de Champvallon, French Catholic archbishop (born in 1625) | |
August 6th, 1645 (August 06 1645) | Death | Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (born in 1575) | |
August 6th, 1195 (August 06 1195) | Death | Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (born in 1129) | |