Historical Events In August - 06

1919  1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)   

1921  On this day in history clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins   

1921  On this day in history ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN)   

1922  On this day in history freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)   

1923  On August - 06 jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)   

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 this day in history.   

1926  NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel on August - 06.   

1926  Christa Reinig, writer on August - 06.   

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 this day in history janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68)   

1928  On August - 06 william Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68   

1930  On August - 06 supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC   

1934  On this day in history uS troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915   

1935  On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70   

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

1937  On August - 06 franco-artillery fire on Madrid   

1937  On this day in history annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76   

1938  Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1940  Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire on August - 06.   

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

1942  -8] Riots by Dutch Jews on August - 06.   

1943  US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily on this day in history.   

1943  Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 06 atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima   

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

1945  On this day in history the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.   

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1180  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

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

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

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

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

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.   

1195  On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  On August - 06 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)