All Events

Historical Events on August 6

  • American Revolutionary War

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

  • World War I

    1914

    World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

  • Serbia

    1914

    World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

  • Estonia

    1940

    Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

  • World War II

    1945

    World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

  • Jamaica

    1962

    Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

  • Gulf War

    1990

    Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

  • War in Afghanistan (2001-present)

    2011

    War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, 7 Afghan soldiers, and 1 Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.

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Famous Deaths on August 6

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