Historical Events In August - 06

1919  On August - 06 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)   

1919  Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946) on this day in history.   

1921  On August - 06 clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins   

1921  Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) on this day in history.   

1922  On August - 06 freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)   

1923  Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show) on August - 06.   

1924  On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76   

1925  On this day in history barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life)   

1926  On this day in history gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel   

1926  Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system on August - 06.   

1926  NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel on this day in history.   

1926  Christa Reinig, writer on this day in history.   

1927  The third Toronto Union Station is opened officially by Edward, Prince of Wales. It was opened to the public on August 11, but passengers had to walk across to the old station tracks. The first day on which trains used the new, elevated, tracks through the new station platform was January 31, 1930 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)   

1928  On August - 06 janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68)   

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1930  Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC on August - 06.   

1934  US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 on this day in history.   

1935  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs   

1937  On this day in history franco-artillery fire on Madrid   

1937  On August - 06 annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76   

1938  On this day in history warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57   

1939  1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio on August - 06.   

1940  On August - 06 estonia is annexed into Soviet empire   

1941  Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning on August - 06.   

1942  -8] Riots by Dutch Jews on this day in history.   

1943  On August - 06 uS 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily   

1943  On this day in history tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies   

1944  Deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins on August - 06.   

1944  All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima   

1945  On this day in history hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"   

1945  On August - 06 the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.   

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.   

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.   

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.   

1162  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)