Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In August - 06
Thursday, 28 August 2025
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on August - 06. 
1919 On this day in history pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins on August - 06.
1921 Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) on August - 06.
1922 On August - 06 freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
1923 Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show) on this day in history.
1924 On August - 06 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 On this day in history warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system
1926 On this day in history nY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
1926 On August - 06 christa Reinig, writer
1927 On August - 06 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.
1927 On this day in history andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
1928 Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68) on August - 06.
1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1930 On August - 06 supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC
1934 On August - 06 uS troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1935 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on August - 06.
1936 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs on August - 06.
1937 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid on this day in history.
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 this day in history 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
1940 On this day in history estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1941 On this day in history detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning
1942 On this day in history -8] Riots by Dutch Jews
1943 On August - 06 uS 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily
1943 Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on August - 06.
1944 Deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins on this day in history.
1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died on August - 06.
1945 Atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima on this day in history.
1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" on August - 06.
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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