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1974 Explosion &fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash on August - 06. 
1976 Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1978 On August - 06 pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80
1978 On this day in history edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
1979 Kurt Kaszner actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1979 On August - 06 kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65
1980 On August - 06 charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
1981 NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed on August - 06.
1983 Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo) on this day in history.
1984 On August - 06 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1985 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB on August - 06.
1986 Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM on August - 06.
1986 William J Schroeder (world's longest-survivor with permanent artificial heart, dies after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) on this day in history.
1986 On August - 06 emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82
1987 On this day in history ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
1988 On August - 06 anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47
1989 On August - 06 boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8
1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern Airlines picket lines on this day in history.
1990 President George Bush orders Operation Desert Shield on this day in history.
1990 UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba &Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
1991 Harry Reasoner newscaster (Host on 60 Minutes), dies at 68 on August - 06.
1997 On August - 06 korean Airlines Flight 801 crashed on Guam
2005 On this day in history an ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.
2005 Death of Carlo Little, influential UK rock and roll drummer (b.1938) on this day in history.
2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in historic Palestianian town of Jericho, becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the West Bank or Gaza Strip in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on August - 06.
2007 The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping six miners on August - 06.
2011 A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38 on August - 06.
2012 On August - 06 mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century
2012 On August - 06 curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.
2013 On this day in history 18 people are killed and 55 are wounded by a car bomb explosion in Damascus, Syria
2017 On August - 06 women's Euro 2017: The Netherlands defeat Denmark 4-2 in Enschede, The Netherlands
2017 On August - 06 women's British Golf Open: South Korea's In-Kyung Kim wins with a course record-equalling 64 at Kingsbarns, Scotland
2018 South Sudan peace accord signed between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar in Sudan attempting to end 5 years of civil war on August - 06.
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