Page 5: Historical Events In August - 06

1919  On this day in history 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)   

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 August - 06 jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)   

1924  John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76 on August - 06.   

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

1926  On August - 06 gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel   

1926  On this day in history warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system   

1926  NY's Gertrude Ederle becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel on this day in history.   

1926  On August - 06 christa Reinig, writer   

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 this day in history andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)   

1928  On this day in history janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68)   

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

1930  Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC on this day in history.   

1934  US troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915 on August - 06.   

1935  Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70 on August - 06.   

1936  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

1937  Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76 on August - 06.   

1938  On August - 06 warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57   

1939  On this day in history 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio   

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  On August - 06 -8] Riots by Dutch Jews   

1943  US 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily on this day in history.   

1943  Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies on this day in history.   

1944  On August - 06 deportation of 70,000 jews from Lodz Poland to Auschwitz begins   

1944  On August - 06 all 1,200 Jewish death marchers from Lipcani Moldavia have died   

1945  On this day in history atomic bomb dropped Hiroshima   

1945  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

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

1609  On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

0258  On August - 06 death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.   

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  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on August - 06.