6TH
AUGUST
NATIONAL DAY OF BOLIVIA.
FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION & FEAST DAY OF;
"SAINTS JUSTUS & PASTOR;
& ST HORMISDAS, POPE." |
| 6TH |
258 |
"ST. SIXTUS II" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 6TH |
523 |
"ST HORMISDAS" ENDS HIS REIGN
AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 6TH |
768 |
"CONSTANTINE" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 6TH |
1806 |
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ENDS. |
| 6TH |
1859 |
83 MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN THE ‘SS
ADMELLA’ SAILING FROM PORT ADELAIDE TO MELBOURNE STRUCK A SUNKEN REEF NEAR CAPE
NORTHUMBERLAND. |
| 6TH |
1879 |
THE FIRST PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO
ADELAIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. |
| 6TH |
1889 |
THE SAVOY HOTEL OPENED IN LONDON. |
| 6TH |
1890 |
CONVICTED MURDERER ‘WILLIAM
KEMMLER’ BECOMES THE FIRST HUMAN PUT TO DEATH IN AN ELECTRIC CHAIR, AT AUBURN PRISON,
NEW YORK. |
| 6TH |
1926 |
NEW YORK BORN ‘GERTRUDE EDERLE, 19,’ BECOMES THE
FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, IN A TIME OF 14 HOURS 31 MINUTES. |
| 6TH |
1945 |
THE WORLDS FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS
DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA BY "ENOLA GAY," KILLING ABOUT 70,000 PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY. |
| 6TH |
1958 |
AUSTRALIAN RUNNER, "HERB ELLIOTT" LOWERS THE WORLD
1500 metre TIME FROM 3:57.2 TO 3:54.5 |
| 6TH |
1962 |
JAMAICA BECOMES INDEPENDENT AFTER BEING
A BRITISH COLONY FOR 300 YEARS. |
| 6TH |
1973 |
"STEVIE WONDER" WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CAR
CRASH IN WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA. HE LAY IN A COMA FOR 4 DAYS. |
| 6TH |
1976 |
PILOT "S. PEARCE" AND CHIEF
DESIGNER "D. HOOPER" ARE KILLED WHEN A NOMAD AIRCRAFT THEY ARE TESTING CRASHES
AT AVALON, VICTORIA. |
| 6TH |
1978 |
"POPE PAUL VI" real name "GIOVANNI BATTISTA
MONTINI" DIES OF A HEART ATTACK IN HIS SUMMER RESIDENCE. |
| 6TH |
1982 |
"DICK SMITH" BEGAN HIS AROUND
THE WORLD HELICOPTER FLIGHT. |
| 6TH |
1985 |
G.J. COLES TAKES OVER THE MYER EMPORIUM TO BECOME "COLES
MYER." |
| 6TH |
1990 |
THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES 13-0
WITH 2 ABSTENTIONS, CUBA & YEMEN, TO PLACE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ. |
| 6TH |
1996 |
20 PATRONS WERE INJURED WHEN SEATING COLLAPSED AT
"LENNONS CIRCUS" WHICH WAS SHOWING AT CLEVE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
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