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August 6 is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1284 ...
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Transfiguration was once celebrated locally in various parts of the Catholic world on different days, including 6 August, but was not universally recognized. In 1456, the Kingdom of Hungary repulsed an Ottoman invasion of the Balkans by breaking the siege of Belgrade. News of the victory arrived in Rome on 6 ...
The Attack of the Dead Men, or the Battle of Osowiec Fortress, was a battle of World War I that took place at Osowiec Fortress (now northeastern Poland), on August 6, 1915. The incident got its name from the bloodied, corpse-like appearance of the Russian combatants after they were bombarded with a mixture of poison gases , chlorine and bromine ...
August 5 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 7. All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 19 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. [note 1] For August 6, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 24.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces a visit to Moscow, Russia, from August 12–14 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the peace process for the Israel–Hamas war and to "strengthen bilateral relations in all areas" between the two nations. Ukraine–European Union relations
Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Participants include the families of the deceased and people from ...
Events. 1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention.; 1819 – Norwich University founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
At least nine firefighters are missing presumed dead after a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashes in northern California. (The Oregonian)UNICEF releases The State of Asia-Pacific’s Children 2008.