August 6 in History
August 6 is the birthday of Takhmina Ikromova (2004) and the anniversary of the death of Billy Bean (2024). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for August 6, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Emperor Go-Toba of Japan was born in 1180, while Pope Sixtus II died in 258.
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Famous people born on August 6
Famous people who died on August 6
2012
Bernard Lovell (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
English physicist and radio astronomer (1913–2012)
What happened on August 6
- 2015
A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2011
War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
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Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2009
Metalworkers at a Ssangyong Motor factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea agree to end a 77-day strike that culminated in a police raid via helicopters leading to several deaths and arrests.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2008
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2001
Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1997
Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people on board.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1996
NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1991
Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1991
Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1990
Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1986
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, New South Wales, Australia.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1965
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1962
Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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Editor's picks
Born on August 6
- 1180 — Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (died 1239)
- 1504 — Matthew Parker, English archbishop (died 1575)
- 1572 — Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze emir (died 1635)
Died on August 6
- 258 — Pope Sixtus II
- 523 — Pope Hormisdas (born 450)
- 750 — Marwan II, Umayyad general and caliph (born 688)
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for August 6
Quick answers
Who was born on August 6? Takhmina Ikromova (2004), Nessa Barrett (2002), Hunter Greene (1999).
Who died on August 6? Billy Bean (2024), Connie Chiume (2024), James Bjorken (2024).
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