Today in History
6 August
171 births · 108 deaths · 43 events recorded
Notable Births
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Takhmina Ikromova
b. 2004
Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast
Nessa Barrett
b. 2002
American singer-songwriter and media personality (born 2002)
Hunter Greene
b. 1999
American baseball player (born 1999)
Rebeka Masarova
b. 1999
Spanish–Swiss tennis player (born 1999)
Travis Reed
b. 1979
American basketball player
Luciano Zavagno
b. 1977
Argentine footballer
Andy Warhol
b. 1928
American artist and filmmaker (1928–1987)
Gordon Freeth
b. 1914
Australian politician and diplomat
Notable Deaths
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Billy Bean
d. 2024
American baseball player (1964–2024)
Connie Chiume
d. 2024
South African actress and filmmaker (1952–2024)
James Bjorken
d. 2024
American physicist (1934–2024)
Vern Rumsey
d. 2020
American musician (1973–2020)
Willy DeVille
d. 2009
American singer-songwriter (1950–2009)
Stefan Bastyr
d. 1920
Polish aviator and military pilot
Ádám Mányoki
d. 1757
Hungarian Baroque portrait painter
Antoine Arnauld
d. 1694
French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician (1612–1694)
On This Day in History
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2015
A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.
2015 Abha mosque bombing
2012
NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
NASA
2011
War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
2010
Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
2010 Ladakh floods
2008
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
2001
Erwadi fire incident: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
Erwadi fire incident
1997
Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people on board.
Korean Air Flight 801
1996
NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
NASA