Page 5: Historical Events In August - 06

1919  1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on August - 06.   

1919  On this day in history pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)   

1921  On this day in history clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins   

1921  Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN) on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)   

1923  On this day in history jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)   

1924  John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life)   

1926  On this day in history gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel   

1926  Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system on this day in history.   

1926  On August - 06 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  Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad) on this day in history.   

1928  Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68) on August - 06.   

1928  William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68 on August - 06.   

1930  On August - 06 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  On August - 06 alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70   

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  Franco-artillery fire on Madrid on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1939  1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio on August - 06.   

1940  Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.   

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  On this day in history deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins   

1944  All 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died on this day in history.   

1945  Atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay"   

1945  The first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, an explosion equal to 20,000 tons of TNT on August - 06.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.   

1504  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.   

1619  On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.   

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on this day in history.   

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.   

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.   

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)