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 219^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 24, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 478,584 hours 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 ‘dihectadecaenneagon’ day.

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 176 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 4,246 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 6 Historical Events

• 1506 –
  The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
• 1787 –
  Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
• 1819 –
  Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
• 1825 –
  Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
• 1917 –
  World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• 1964 –
  Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
• 1988 –
  The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
• 1991 –
  Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
• 1997 –
  Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
• 2001 –
  Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

Who were born on August 6?

• 1766 –
  William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)
• 1768 –
  Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)
• 1874 –
  Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
• 1887 –
  Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)
• 1908 –
  Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter (d. 1941)
• 1908 –
  Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1943 –
  Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
• 1949 –
  Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman
• 1962 –
  Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-born Hong Kong actress
• 1965 –
  Juliane Köhler, German actress

Who died on August 6?

• 258 –
  Pope Sixtus II (birth date unknown)
• 1195 –
  Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
• 1757 –
  Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1914 –
  Ellen Louise Wilson, first wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (b. 1860)
• 1964 –
  Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1893)
• 1973 –
  Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (b. 1901)
• 1991 –
  Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian prime minister (assassinated) (b. 1915)
• 1992 –
  Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
• 1994 –
  Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1999 –
  Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)