Historical Events In August - 06

1974  On August - 06 explosion &fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash  

1976  On this day in history gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73  

1978  Pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80 on August - 06.  

1978  On August - 06 edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76  

1979  On this day in history kurt Kaszner actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65  

1979  Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65 on August - 06.  

1980  Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1981  NASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed on this day in history.  

1983  On August - 06 minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)  

1984  On this day in history 203.05 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange  

1985  On this day in history 19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB  

1986  Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM on August - 06.  

1986  On this day in history william J Schroeder (world's longest-survivor with permanent artificial heart, dies after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump)  

1986  On this day in history emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82  

1987  On August - 06 ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91  

1988  On this day in history anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47  

1989  Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8 on August - 06.  

1989  Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern Airlines picket lines on August - 06.  

1990  President George Bush orders Operation Desert Shield on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history uN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba &Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq  

1990  On August - 06 charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82  

1991  On this day in history harry Reasoner newscaster (Host on 60 Minutes), dies at 68  

1997  Korean Airlines Flight 801 crashed on Guam on this day in history.  

2005  On August - 06 an ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board.  

2005  Death of Carlo Little, influential UK rock and roll drummer (b.1938) on this day in history.  

2007  Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in historic Palestianian town of Jericho, becoming the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit the West Bank or Gaza Strip in over seven years. Olmert met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on this day in history.  

2007  The Crandall Canyon Mine in Emery County, Utah collapses, trapping six miners on this day in history.  

2011  A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38 on August - 06.  

2012  On August - 06 mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century  

2012  Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars on August - 06.  

2013  18 people are killed and 55 are wounded by a car bomb explosion in Damascus, Syria on this day in history.  

2017  Women's Euro 2017: The Netherlands defeat Denmark 4-2 in Enschede, The Netherlands on this day in history.  

2017  Women's British Golf Open: South Korea's In-Kyung Kim wins with a course record-equalling 64 at Kingsbarns, Scotland on August - 06.  

2018  South Sudan peace accord signed between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar in Sudan attempting to end 5 years of civil war on August - 06.  

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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 August - 06.  

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher  

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0523  On August - 06 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 August - 06 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 this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)