What Happened on Aug 6
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Maffeo Barberini (Urban VIII) elected Pope
Pope Urban VIII (baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July, 1644), born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the... Read more
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Battle of Stadtlohn
The Battle of Stadtlohn was fought on August 6, 1623 between Roman Catholic and Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War. The Catholics were... Read more
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Battle of Oriskany
The Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement... Read more
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Battle of Hanging Rock
Sumter decided on a plan of attack of assaulting the camp in three mounted detachments. The initial assault was made early in the morning where... Read more
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Missouri Mormon War
In August of 1838, Mormons attempting to vote in the town of Gallatin in Daviess County were attacked and kept from the polls. A man named William... Read more
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Wreck of the SS Admella
The wreck of the SS Admella in the early hours of August 6th 1859 was only the beginning of a horrific week for survivors who remained on board, in... Read more
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Battle of Kirksville
The Battle of Kirksville was a battle in the American Civil War, fought near the town of Kirksville, Missouri, on August 6, 1862. The Union victory... Read more
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Cy Young Pitches His First Professional Game
On August 6, 1890, baseball great Cy Young pitched his first professional game, leading the Cleveland Spiders past the Chicago Colts. Over the... Read more
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Battle of Guamani River Bridge
On August 6, Colonel Coit sent two companies of the 4th Ohio on a reconnaissance mission across and beyond a cast iron bridge that crossed the Río... Read more
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Edwin Cheney Divorces his Wife, Mamah Borthwick Cheney
Originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, August 6, 1911, page 3. Her Spiritual Hegira Ends in His... Read more
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Austria-Hungary Declares War on Russia
Opening hostilities Confusion among the Central Powers The strategy of the Central Powers suffered from miscommunication. Germany had... Read more
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Serbia Declares War on Germany
Setting the stage On July 23, Austria-Hungary demanded Serbia comply with its March 1909 declaration to the Great Powers to maintain good... Read more
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Battle Of Sari Bair
The Battle of Sari Bair (Turkish: Anafartalar Savaşı or "Sarı Bayır muharebesi"), also known as the August Offensive, was the final attempt made by... Read more
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Battle Of Lone Pine
The Battle of Lone Pine, was a battle between Australian and Turkish forces that took place during the Gallipoli campaign from 6–10 August 1915. It... Read more
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Sixth Battle Of The Isonzo
The Sixth Battle of the Isonzo also known as the Battle of Gorizia was the most successful Italian offensive along the Isonzo River during World... Read more
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Gertrude Ederle Becomes the First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel
Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. In 1925,... Read more
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Andy Warhol is born
Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was... Read more
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Nazis Begin Evacuation of Kaiserwald Concentration Camp Preceding Arrival of Soviet Forces
On August 6, 1944, as the Red Army advanced westwards and entered Latvia, the Germans began to evacuate the inmates of Kaiserwald to Stutthof, in... Read more
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Osovets Offensive
The offensive commenced after the 2nd Belorussian Front had successfully taken Grodno and Bialystok in the Belostock Offensive. The Front was... Read more
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"The Big Sky" Is Released
The Big Sky is a 1952 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, based on the novel of the same name. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Arthur Hunnicutt,... Read more
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Lyndon B. Johnson Signs National Voting Rights Act of 1965 into Law
The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 1973–1973aa-6) outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the... Read more
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The Beatles releases Help!
Help! is the fifth UK album and tenth US album by The Beatles, and the soundtrack album from their film of the same name. Produced by George Martin... Read more
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Pope Paul VI dies
On 16 March 1978, his friend from FUCI student days Aldo Moro, a Christian Democratic politician, was kidnapped by the Red Brigades, which kept the... Read more
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The World Wide Web Becomes Publicly Available on the Internet
Nobody was paying attention to Tim Berners-Lee and his pet idea. He was a young British scientist at CERN, a high-energy physics lab in Geneva, and... Read more