August 6 in history
Events on August 6
Notable events that happened on August 6 in past years.
- 2015
A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
Wikipedia article: 2015 Abha mosque bombing - 2010
Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
Wikipedia article: 2010 Ladakh floods - 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 article: Erwadi fire incident - 1991
Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Wikipedia article: Takako Doi - 1965
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
Wikipedia article: Lyndon B. Johnson - 1958
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed in Chile.
Wikipedia article: Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy - 1942
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
Wikipedia article: Wilhelmina of the Netherlands - 1917
World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Mărășești - 1914
World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
Wikipedia article: Serbia - 1870
Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a German victory.
Wikipedia article: Franco-Prussian War - 1861
Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
Wikipedia article: Lagos Treaty of Cession - 1819
Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Norwich University - 1661
The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of The Hague (1661) - 1284
The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
- 258
Pope Sixtus II is arrested while celebrating mass and then beheaded with several of his deacons.
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