Historical Events In August - 06

1974  Explosion &fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash on August - 06.  

1976  Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1978  Pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1979  On August - 06 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 August - 06.  

1981  On this day in history nASA launches Fltsatcom-5, it failed  

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  

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

1986  On August - 06 phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM  

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

1986  Emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82 on August - 06.  

1987  Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1988  Anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47 on August - 06.  

1989  On this day in history boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8  

1989  On August - 06 pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern Airlines picket lines  

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

1990  UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba &Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq on August - 06.  

1990  Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82 on August - 06.  

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

1997  On August - 06 korean Airlines Flight 801 crashed on Guam  

2005  An ATR-72 heading from Italy to Tunisia crashes into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 of 39 on board on this day in history.  

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 August - 06.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

2017  Women's Euro 2017: The Netherlands defeat Denmark 4-2 in Enschede, The Netherlands on August - 06.  

2017  On this day in history women's British Golf Open: South Korea's In-Kyung Kim wins with a course record-equalling 64 at Kingsbarns, Scotland  

2018  On this day in history 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  

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

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

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

1619  On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.  

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on August - 06.  

1651  On August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)  

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer  

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

0523  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on this day in history.  

0966  On this day in history death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)  

1162  On August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona  

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

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.  

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

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.