About August 6
August 6, 2024 is the 219th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 176 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 6
- 1284 –The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
- 1506 –The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
- 1661 –The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
- 1787 –Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
- 1806 –Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates ending the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1819 –Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
- 1845 –The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
- 1914 –World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – 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 Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
- 1915 –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.
- 1926 –Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
- 1942 –Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
- 1953 –Venerable Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.
- 1956 –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.
- 1960 –Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1964 –Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
- 1965 –US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1986 –A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
- 1988 –The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
- 1991 –Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan’s first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 2011 –A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.
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