Historical Events In August - 06
Thursday, 04 March 2021
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on August - 06.
1919 On August - 06 pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
1921 On August - 06 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 Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines) on this day in history.
1923 On this day in history jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
1924 On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
1925 On August - 06 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 this day in history.
1926 On this day in history christa Reinig, writer
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 August - 06.
1927 Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad) on August - 06.
1928 On this day in history janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68)
1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on August - 06.
1930 On this day in history supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC
1934 US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 on this day in history.
1935 On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70
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 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid on this day in history.
1937 On August - 06 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 this day in history 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
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 this day in history.
1942 On this day in history -8] Riots by Dutch Jews
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 On this day in history deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins
1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died on August - 06.
1945 Atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima on August - 06.
1945 On this day in history hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"
1945 The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT on this day in history.
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