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| Birthday August 06, 1697 Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) |
| Birthday August 06, 1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England |
| Birthday August 06, 1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt |
| Birthday August 06, 1881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin (Nobel 1954) |
| Birthday August 06, 1883 Scott Nearing, American sociologist, pacifist, author |
| Birthday August 06, 1902 Dutch Schultz is born |
| Birthday August 06, 1906 Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) |
| Birthday August 06, 1911 Lucille Ball, NY. comedian, Actress |
| Birthday August 06, 1911 Lucille Ball born |
| Birthday August 06, 1917 Robert Mitchum, Actor |
| Birthday August 06, 1921 Ella Raines, Actress |
| Birthday August 06, 1927 William David Ford, (D-Mich-Rep) |
| Birthday August 06, 1928 Andy Warhol is born |
| Birthday August 06, 1930 Abbey Lincoln |
| Birthday August 06, 1942 Isaac Hayes is born |
| Birthday August 06, 1945 Ken Norton, heavyweight boxer (or 0809) |
| Birthday August 06, 1947 Sally Eaton, in Ill |
| Birthday August 06, 1952 Rep Carl C Perkins, D-Ky |
| History August 06, 1181 Supernova observed by Chinese & Japanese astronomers |
| History August 06, 1777 General Nicholas Herkimer falls at the Battle of Oriskany |
| History August 06, 1787 First draft of Constitution debated |
| History August 06, 1806 Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy Roman nor an empire |
| History August 06, 1825 Bolivia gains independence from Spain (National Day) |
| History August 06, 1862 Confederate ship blown up by crew |
| History August 06, 1874 Belle Starr's first husband slain |
| History August 06, 1890 First execution by electric chair |
| History August 06, 1915 Allies land at Suvla Bay |
| History August 06, 1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim English Channel |
| History August 06, 1926 NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim the English Channel |
| History August 06, 1930 Joseph Force Crater becomes the missingest man in New York |
| History August 06, 1934 US troops leave Haiti which had been occupied since 1915 |
| History August 06, 1937 Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest |
| History August 06, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
| History August 06, 1945 Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima |
| History August 06, 1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the 'Enola Gay' |
| History August 06, 1946 US officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court |
| History August 06, 1961 Gherman S Titov second Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 |
| History August 06, 1962 Jamaica gains independence from Britain |
| History August 06, 1964 Johnson Administration officials argue for resolution |
| History August 06, 1965 Beatles release "Help" album |
| History August 06, 1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights |
| History August 06, 1965 Johnson signs Voting Rights Act |
| History August 06, 1969 Green Berets are charged with murder |
| History August 06, 1971 First U.S. Army troops deployed to Vietnam stand-down for withdrawal |
| History August 06, 1974 Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee Wash |
| History August 06, 1984 203.05 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange |
| History August 06, 1985 Nineteenth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 8 returns to Earth |
| History August 06, 1991 Peugeot says au revoir to U.S. car market |
| History August 06, 1996 George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones debuts |
| History August 06, 1997 Planes crashes in Guam jungle |
| History August 06, 2009 “Breakfast Club†director John Hughes dies |