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The 6t o August is the 218t day o the year (219t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 147 days ti come.
Events
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- 1223 - Coronation o Louis VIII o Fraunce.
- 1538 - Bogota, Colombie, is foondit.
- 1806 - Francis II, Haly Roman Emperor abdicates, endin the Haly Roman Empire.
- 1825 - Bolivie declares unthirldom frae Peru.
- 1861 - The Unitit Kinrick annexes Lagos, in present-day Nigerie.
- 1896 - Madagascar offeecially becomes a French colony.
- 1914 - Warld War I: Serbie declares war on Germany; Austrick declares war on Roushie.
- 1926 - Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman tae soum the Inglis Chainel.
- 1940 - The Soviet Union occupies Estonie.
- 1942 - Wilhelmina o the Netherlands addresses a jynt session o the Unitit States Congress.
- 1945 - The Unitit States drops the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killin mony thoosands o fowk.
- 1958 - The Himalayan peak o Gasherbrum IV is climbed for the first time.
- 1962 - Jamaica gains unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1978 - Pape Paul VI dies.
- 1984 - Prince releases his successfu "Purple Rain" album.
- 1995 - Ceremonies tak place tae merk 50 year efter the atomic bomb wis dropped on Hiroshima.
- 1997 - Korean Air Flicht 801 crashes on Guam, killin 228 fowk.
- 2010 - Flash floods hit Jammu an Kashmir.
- 2011 - Riots begin across Ingland.
- 2012 - The Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover lands on Mars.
- 2015 - Andrzej Duda becomes Preses o Poland.
- 2017 - The Weemen's UEFA European Championship is won bi the Netherlands, defeatin Denmark 4-2 in the feenal; the previous 6 teetles hae been won bi Germany.
Births
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- 1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathemateecian (d. 1748)
- 1697 - Charles VII, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
- 1775 - Daniel O'Connell, Erse politeecian (d. 1847)
- 1809 - Alfred Tennyson, Inglis poet (d. 1892)
- 1868 - Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
- 1881 - Sir Alexander Fleming, Scots biologist an pharmacologist (d. 1955)
- 1890 - Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13t Yerl o Leevin, Scots peer an sodger (d. 1947)
- 1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1928 - Andy Warhol, American airtist (d. 1987)
- 1934 - Piers Anthony, Inglis fantasy an science feection author
- 1937 - Charlie Haden, American muisicker (d. 2014)
- 1937 - Dame Barbara Windsor, Inglis actress
- 1949 - Erich Schaedler, Scots fitbawer (d. 1985)
- 1952 - David McLetchie, Scots politeecian (d. 2013)
- 1962 - Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
- 1962 - Marc Lavoine, French actor an sangster
- 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director
- 1972 - Geri Halliwell, Inglis pop sangster
- 1980 - Roman Weidenfeller, German fitbawer
- 1983 - Robin van Persie, Dutch fitbawer
- 1986 - Arno Cost (Vadim Constantin), French DJ an house muisic producer
- 1987 - Leanne Crichton, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 258 - Pape Sixtus II
- 523 - Pape Hormisdas (b. 450)
- 1221 - Saunt Dominic, Castilian priest an foonder o the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
- 1660 - Diego Velázquez, Spaingie penter (b. 1599)
- 1694 - Antoine Arnauld, French mathemateecian an philosopher (b. 1612)
- 1809 - James Anderson, Scots medicinar an botanist (b. 1738)
- 1879 - Johann von Lamont, Scots-German astronomer an pheesicist (b. 1805)
- 1949 - David Taylor, Scots fitbawer (b. 1883)
- 1969 - Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher, sociologist an componer (b. 1903)
- 1973 - Fulgencio Batista, Preses o Cuba (b. 1901)
- 1978 - Pape Paul VI (b. 1897)
- 1994 - Domenico Modugno, Italian sangster (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Robin Cook, Scots politeecian (b. 1946)
Halidays
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