August 6
August 6 is the 218th day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 219th in leap years), thus 147 days remain until the end of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
1945: The mushroom cloud above Hiroshima
1945: View of the ruined city
1945: Hibakusha with baked Kimono Pattern
- 2008: Through a military coup, the President of Mauritania, Cheikh Ould Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi was overthrown and placed under house arrest. New ruler General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is.
- 2011 Start of the riots in England in 2011, which claimed five lives.
Economy
Science and Technology
- 2012: The exposed as part of NASA 's Mars Science Laboratory rover " Curiosity " lands successfully on Mars and sends first images of the landscape of the neighboring planet.
Culture
Society
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Sports
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
Nicolas Malebranche (* 1638)
Louise de La Vallière (* 1644)
Johann Bernoulli (* 1667)
Karl VII Albrecht (* 1697 )
William H. Wollaston (* 1766 )
Friedrich List (* 1789)
19th century
Judah Philip Benjamin (* 1811)
Arthur Berson (* 1859)
Edith Roosevelt (* 1861)
Käthe Schirmacher (* 1865)
Hans Moser (* 1880)
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
21st Century
- 2001: Ty Simpkins, American actor
Died
Before the 19th century
- 0258: Sixtus II, pope and martyr
- 0523: Hormisdas, Pope
- 0822: Eigil of Fulda Abbot of Fulda
- 1027: . Richard III, Duke of Normandy
- 1157: . Dietrich VI, Count of Holland
- 1162: Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
Galeazzo Visconti I. († 1328 )
Cunegonde from Austria († 1520)
Dorothea Sophie of Brandenburg ( † 1689)
King Christian VI. of Denmark († 1689)
19th century
20th century
Klaus Nomi († 1983)
21st Century
- 2000: Joan Trimble, Irish composer
- 2001: Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer
- 2001: Daniel Eggers, German right-wing singer-songwriter
- 2001: Wilhelm Mohnke, German General of the SS and Waffen-SS
- 2002: Jim Crawford, British race car driver
- 2002: Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer pioneer
- 2002: Mikhail Prodan, Romanian -Austrian- German forest scientists
- 2003: Wilhelm Schneemelcher, German theologian and church historian
- 2004: Rick James, American musician
- 2005: Vizma Belševica, Latvian writer
- 2005: Robin Cook, British politician from Scotland, Foreign Minister
- 2005: Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician
- 2005: Helmut Goldschmidt, German architect
- 2006: Ernst Hiesmayr, Austrian architect
- 2006: Jim Pomeroy, American motocross racer
- 2006: Fritz Rahmann, German artist
- 2006: Dieter Seidenkranz, German strength athletes and actors
- 2007: Heinz Barth, German Waffen -SS war criminals
- 2007: Teizo Matsumura, Japanese composer
- 2008: Simon Gray, British dramatist
- 2009: Willy DeVille, American rock and blues musicians
- 2009: John Hughes, American film director, producer and screenwriter
- 2010: Fredrik Ericsson, Swedish mountaineers and extreme skiers
- 2010: Tony Judt, a British historian and author
- 2011: Kuno Klötzer, German football player and coach
- 2011: Norbert Pflippen, German Sport Manager
- 2011: Rudolf Rohlinger, German TV journalist and presenter
- 2011: John Wood, British actor
- 2012: Marvin Hamlisch, American composer
- 2012: Bernard Lovell, British astronomer
- 2012: Richard Cragun, American dancer
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Transfiguration ( Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant: ELCA, LCMS )
- Salzburg exiles, Austrian displaced persons ( Protestant)
- Name Days Gilbert, Hermann
- State Holidays and observances Bolivia, independence from Spain (1825 )
- Jamaica gained independence from Britain (1962 )
More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.
- Day
- Day in August