Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In August - 06
Thursday, 30 October 2025
1919 On August - 06 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) 
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 this day in history.
1921 Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) on this day in history.
1922 Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines) on this day in history.
1923 Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show) on August - 06.
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 Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel on this day in history.
1926 On this day in history warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system
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 On this day in history 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 August - 06 andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
1928 Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68) on this day in history.
1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1936 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs on this day in history.
1937 Franco-artillery fire on Madrid on August - 06.
1937 On August - 06 annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76
1938 On this day in history warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57
1939 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1941 On August - 06 detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning
1942 -8] Riots by Dutch Jews on this day in history.
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 August - 06.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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