World War I: U-boat campaign: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea. Date: August 6, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π …
World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay. Date: August 6, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1915 π On This Day (Today)
World War I: Battle of MΔrΔΘeΘti between the Romanian and German armies begins. Date: August 6, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today)
First public screening using the Vitaphone process Date: August 6, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1926 π On This Day (Today)
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Date: August 6, 1926 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1926 π On This Day (Today)
Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union. Date: August 6, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1940 π On This Day (Today)
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress. Date: August 6, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning. Date: August 6, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…
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. Date: August 6, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1956…
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed in Chile. Date: August 6, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 6 π Events on this day in 1958 π On This Day (Today)