Historical Events In August - 06

1974  On this day in history explosion &fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash  

1976  On August - 06 gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73  

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

1978  Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

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

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  Minn Vikings beat St Louis Cards 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo) on August - 06.  

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

1985  19th space shuttle mission (51-F), Challenger 8, lands at Edwards AFB on August - 06.  

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  Emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1988  On August - 06 anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47  

1989  Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8 on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history 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  Korean Airlines Flight 801 crashed on Guam on August - 06.  

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

2005  On August - 06 death of Carlo Little, influential UK rock and roll drummer (b.1938)  

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 this day in history a helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.  

2012  Mount Tongariro, New Zealand, erupts for the first time in a century on August - 06.  

2012  On this day in history curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, successfully lands on Mars.  

2013  On August - 06 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 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  On August - 06 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  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)  

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 August - 06.  

1619  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer  

1638  On this day in history 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 August - 06.  

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.  

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies  

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)  

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

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

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