Historical Events In August - 06
Friday, 29 March 2024
1974 On August - 06 explosion &fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash
1976 On this day in history gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73
1978 On August - 06 pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80
1978 On August - 06 edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
1979 On this day in history kurt Kaszner actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65
1979 Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history 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 August - 06.
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 On August - 06 phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM
1986 William J Schroeder (world's longest-survivor with permanent artificial heart, dies after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) on August - 06.
1986 On August - 06 emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82
1987 Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91 on August - 06.
1988 Anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47 on this day in history.
1989 Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8 on August - 06.
1989 On August - 06 pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern Airlines picket lines
1990 President George Bush orders Operation Desert Shield on August - 06.
1990 On this day in history uN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba &Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1990 On this day in history charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
1991 On August - 06 harry Reasoner newscaster (Host on 60 Minutes), dies at 68
1997 Korean Airlines Flight 801 crashed on Guam on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
2007 On August - 06 the Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping six miners.
2011 On this day in history a helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.
2012 On this day in history 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 this day in history women's British Golf Open: South Korea's In-Kyung Kim wins with a course record-equalling 64 at Kingsbarns, Scotland
2018 On this day in history 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