Major Events
- 1661 The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal
- 1890 At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair
- 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay”
Aug 6 in Film & TV
- 1926 “Don Juan” starring John Barrymore is released by Warner Bros, the 1st feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
Aug 6 in Music
- 1996 American punk rock band “The Ramones” perform for the last time, at the Palace in Hollywood, California
Aug 6 in Sport
- 1948 Dutch super athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen wins London Olympics 200m in 24.4s to become the first women to claim 3 individual track & field gold at a Games, having already won the 100m and 80m hurdles
Did You Know?
NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars after examining meteorite ALH84001, thought to be from Mars
Fun Fact About August 6
Prometheus, the world’s oldest tree aged at least 4,862 years old, is accidentally cut down in Nevada, USA
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