What are the important events that happened on August 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 6 is the 218th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 24, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,240,640 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecaoctagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 195 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,611 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 6 Historical Events
- 1538 –Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
- 1806 –Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1914 –World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1930 –Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
- 1956 –After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
- 1960 –Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1965 –The largest swimming pool in Europe was opened in Fürstenfeld, Austria.
- 1965 –US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1990 –Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
- 1991 –Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan’s first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
Who were born on August 6?
- 1868 –Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
- 1930 –Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer (d. 2010)
- 1951 –Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
- 1952 –Vinnie Vincent, American musician (Kiss)
- 1953 –Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
- 1956 –Stepfanie Kramer, American actress
- 1973 –Monica Goodling, American George W. Bush Administration appointee
- 1975 –Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier
- 1980 –Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
- 1983 –C. J. Mosley, American football player
Who died on August 6?
- 523 –Pope Hormisdas (b. c. 450)
- 1637 –Ben Jonson, English writer (b. 1572)
- 1645 –Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant (b. 1575)
- 1815 –James A. Bayard (elder), American Senator from Delaware (b. 1767)
- 1866 –John Mason Neale, English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
- 1884 –Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
- 1991 –Harry Reasoner, American television reporter (b. 1923)
- 1999 –Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
- 2007 –Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (b. 1969)
- 2011 –Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist (b. 1911)
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