Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In August - 06
Thursday, 05 December 2024
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on August - 06. 
1919 Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946) on this day in history.
1921 On this day in history 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 August - 06 freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
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 Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life) on this day in history.
1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel on August - 06.
1926 Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system on this day in history.
1926 On August - 06 nY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
1926 Christa Reinig, writer on August - 06.
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 this day in history.
1927 On August - 06 andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
1928 Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68) on August - 06.
1928 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1938 Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1939 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio on August - 06.
1940 Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire on this day in history.
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 On August - 06 tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
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 this day in history.
1945 The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT on August - 06.
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