August 6

August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining.

Births:

• 1809 - [Alfred Lord Tennyson]? (poet: "In Memoriam")
• 1881 - Alexander Fleming (scientist)
• 1911 - Lucille Ball (actress)
• 1917 - [Robert Mitchum]? (actor: [Night of the Hunter]?, [Cape Fear]? [1961 version])
• 1928 - Andy Warhol (artist: [Campbell Soup]?, Marilyn?)

Events:

• 1945 - An atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy is dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan

Deaths:

• 1221 - Saint Dominic
• 1978 - [Paul VI]? (pope)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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