Hisdates•ComPage 5: Historical Events In August - 06
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1919 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on August - 06. 
1919 On August - 06 pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins on this day in history.
1921 Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) on this day in history.
1922 On August - 06 freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
1923 Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show) on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history john Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
1925 On this day in history barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life)
1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel on August - 06.
1926 On August - 06 warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system
1926 On this day in history nY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel
1926 Christa Reinig, writer on this day in history.
1927 On this day in history the third Toronto Union Station is opened officially by Edward, Prince of Wales. It was opened to the public on August 11, but passengers had to walk across to the old station tracks. The first day on which trains used the new, elevated, tracks through the new station platform was January 31, 1930.
1927 On August - 06 andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
1928 Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68) on this day in history.
1928 William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on August - 06.
1930 On this day in history supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC
1934 On this day in history uS troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915
1935 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
1937 On August - 06 franco-artillery fire on Madrid
1937 On August - 06 annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76
1938 Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57 on August - 06.
1939 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
1941 Detroit pitcher Al Benton is 1st to collect 2 sacrifices in an inning on this day in history.
1942 -8] Riots by Dutch Jews on this day in history.
1943 US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily on August - 06.
1943 On August - 06 tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
1944 Deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins on this day in history.
1944 All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died on this day in history.
1945 Atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima on August - 06.
1945 Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" on August - 06.
1945 On this day in history the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.
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