August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year. 686 – The Ummayad forces suffer a deceisive defeat against …

Historical events for the 6th of August. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on August 6.

On August 6, 1996, NASA and Stanford researchers announce they have found signs of Martian life in a meteorite discovered 12 years earlier in Allan Hills, Antarctica, causing a worldwide...

Get your red, yellow, and green out because it’s Bolivia Independence Day. Celebrate the Divine Savior of the World with the Celebrations of San Salvador. Be ready to raise awareness about …

On this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan—the blast killed more than 70,000 people and destroyed most of the city—in an effort to hasten the end …

2012年8月6日 · Bombing of Hiroshima, the Voting Rights Act, the World Wide Web, a pill to cure all ills and other major events, facts, birthdays and deaths from August 6.

2024年6月30日 · August 6 has seen numerous significant events throughout history, from early church martyrdoms to scientific breakthroughs. This article highlights twenty notable …

Here you’ll learn the all about the historic events that all happened on August 6. Did you know that on this day in 2012, Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted? It was the first time the volcano …

On August 6, 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths.

On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bombon the Japanese city of Hiroshima.