About August 6
August 6, 2025 is the 218th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 195 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 6
- 1284 –The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
- 1538 –Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
- 1661 –The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
- 1787 –Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
- 1825 –Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
- 1845 –The Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1901 –Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
- 1914 –World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1926 –Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
- 1956 –After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
- 1960 –Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1965 –The largest swimming pool in Europe was opened in Fürstenfeld, Austria.
- 1965 –US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- 1966 –Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.
- 1990 –Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
- 1991 –Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan’s first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1996 –NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
- 1997 –Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
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