Major Events
- 1661 Treaty of The Hague is signed, whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) to Portugal for 63 tons of gold
- 1890 Murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person executed by electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York
- 1945 Atomic bomb is 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 first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects
Aug 6 in Music
- 1996 American punk rock band “The Ramones” performs for the last time at the Palace in Hollywood, California
Aug 6 in Sport
- 1948 Dutch super athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen wins the 200 m in 24.4 seconds at the London Olympics, becoming the first woman to claim three individual track and field gold medals at a Games, having already won the 100 m and 80 m hurdles
Did You Know?
NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars after examining meteorite ALH 84001, discovered in Antarctica and thought to be from Mars
Fun Fact About August 6
Prometheus, the world’s oldest tree, aged at least 4,862 years, is accidentally cut down in Nevada, USA
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