Historical Events In August - 06

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

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  Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) on this day in history.  

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  Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life) on August - 06.  

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.  

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

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

1930  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1936  On August - 06 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs  

1937  On August - 06 franco-artillery fire on Madrid  

1937  Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 on August - 06.  

1938  On this day in history warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57  

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 this day in history.  

1942  -8] Riots by Dutch Jews on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history uS 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily  

1943  On this day in history tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies  

1944  On August - 06 deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins  

1944  All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima  

1945  Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" on August - 06.  

1945  On August - 06 the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.  

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.  

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

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on this day in history.  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.  

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

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies  

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.  

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.  

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

1221  On this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)  

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on August - 06.  

1414  On August - 06 death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)