Editing August 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[686]] &ndash; The [[Ummayad]] forces suffer a deceisive defeat against the pro-Alid forces under [[Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar]] in the [[battle of Khazir]].<ref>{{EI2|article=Al-Khazir|volume=4|page=1186}}</ref>
*[[1284]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Pisa]] is defeated in the [[Battle of Meloria (1284)|Battle of Meloria]] by the [[Republic of Genoa]], thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.<ref>{{cite book|author=Maurice Keen|title=Medieval Warfare: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPeWPiUc-4QC&pg=PA309|date=1999|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-164738-3|pages=309}}</ref>
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], is founded by [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Enzo Carli|title=Pre-conquest Goldsmiths' Work of Colombia in the Museo Del Oro, Bogotá|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CP5rAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=London; Milano printed|page=10}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of The Hague (1661)|Treaty of The Hague]] is signed by Portugal and the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan H. Verzijl|title=International Law in Historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WPKRmSk_8PsC&pg=PA493|date= 1972|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=90-286-0022-1|pages=493}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The bloody [[Battle of Oriskany]] prevents American relief of the [[Siege of Fort Stanwix]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=US Army Military History Research Collection|author2=Joyce L. Eakin|title=Colonial America and the War for Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmPLVUtqnWIC&pg=PA105|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Army Military History Research Collection|pages=105}}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; Sixty proof sheets of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution of the United States]] are delivered to the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor]], declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the [[Austrian Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Craig M. White|title=The Great German Nation: Origins and Destiny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXPz0dzGjf0C&pg=PA144|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4343-2549-5|pages=144|publisher=AuthorHouse }}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Norwich University]] is founded in [[Vermont]] as the first private military school in the United States.
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Peruvian War of Independence]]: Patriot forces led by [[Simón Bolívar]] defeat the Spanish Royalist army in the [[Battle of Junín]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Basadre |first=Jorge |year=2005 |orig-year=First published 1939 |title=Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933) |volume=1 |pages=90–91 |edition=9th |language=es |trans-title=History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933) |location=Lima |publisher=El Comercio |isbn=978-612-306-354-2}}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; The [[Bolivian Declaration of Independence]] is proclaimed.
*[[1861]] &ndash; Britain imposes the [[Lagos Treaty of Cession]] to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Ironclad warship|ironclad]] {{Ship|CSS|Arkansas}} is scuttled on the [[Mississippi River]] after suffering catastrophic engine failure near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Battle of Spicheren]] is fought, resulting in a German victory.
* 1870 &ndash; Franco-Prussian War: The [[Battle of Wörth]] results in a decisive German victory.
*[[1890]] &ndash; At [[Auburn Correctional Facility|Auburn Prison]] in New York, murderer [[William Kemmler]] becomes the first person to be [[Capital punishment|executed]] by [[electric chair]].

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Kiowa]] land in [[Oklahoma]] is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous [[Indian reservation|reservation]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[U-boat campaign]]: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German [[U-boat]]s leave their base in [[Heligoland]] to attack [[Royal Navy]] warships in the [[North Sea]].
* 1914 &ndash; World War I: [[Serbia]] declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
*[[1915]] &ndash; World War I: [[Battle of Sari Bair]]: The [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at [[Suvla|Suvla Bay]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: [[Battle of Mărășești]] between the [[Romania]]n and German armies begins.
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes the first woman to swim across the [[English Channel]].
*[[1926]] &ndash; First public screening using the [[Vitaphone]] process<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Thompson |last2=Bordwell |last3=Smith |first1=Kristin |first2=David |first3=Jeff |title=Film History: An Introduction |publisher=McGrawHill |year=2022 |edition=5th |pages=170}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Estonia]] is annexed by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="Aklaev1993">{{cite book|author=Airat R. Aklaev|title=Ethnic Conflicts in the Former USSR|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KsQHAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Peace Research Institute|page=63}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the [[United States Congress]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Warsaw Uprising]] occurs on [[August 1]]. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the [[Kraków Uprising (1944)|Kraków Uprising]], that was planned but never carried out.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Hiroshima]], Japan is [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|devastated]] when the [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] "[[Little Boy]]" is dropped by the United States [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] ''[[Enola Gay]]''. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and [[Acute radiation syndrome|radiation poisoning]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; After going bankrupt in [[1955]], the American broadcaster [[DuMont Television Network]] makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from [[St. Nicholas Rink|St. Nicholas Arena]] in New York in the ''[[Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena]]'' series.
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy]], outlawing the [[Communist Party of Chile]] and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists,<ref>Adam Feinstein, ''Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=cakCaq8pKCsC url]</ref> is repealed in Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=178249&idVersion=1958-08-06|title=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional &#124; Ley Chile}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cuban Revolution]]: [[Cuba]] nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jamaica]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |title=JAMAICA ERLANGT ONAFHANKELIJKHEID |url=https://www.dloc.com/UF00101447/07770/pdf |access-date=7 May 2023 |work=Amigoe di Curacao |issue=11095 |date=6 August 1962 |page=8 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; US President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] into law.
*[[1986]] &ndash; A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the [[New South Wales]] coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13&nbsp;inches) of rain in a day on [[Sydney|Sydney, New South Wales]], Australia.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] orders a global [[Embargo|trade embargo]] against [[Iraq]] in response to Iraq's invasion of [[Kuwait]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the [[World Wide Web]]. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the [[Internet]].
* 1991 &ndash; [[Takako Doi]], chair of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]], becomes Japan's first female speaker of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[NASA]] announces that the [[Allan Hills 84001|ALH 84001]] meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Korean Air Flight 801]] crashed at [[Nimitz Hill (geography)|Nimitz Hill]], [[Guam]], killing 229 of the 254 people on board.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 13, 2000|title=Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468, Nimitz Hill, Guam, August 6, 1997|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR0001.pdf|access-date=October 19, 2015|website=ntsb.gov|publisher=National Transportation Safety Board|location=Washington D.C.|id=NTSB/AAR-00/01}}</ref><!--Resulted in notable deaths-->
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Erwadi fire incident]]: Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution at [[Erwadi]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bearak |first1=Barry |author1-link=Barry Bearak |title=25 Inmates Die, Tied to Poles, In Fire in India In Mental Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/07/world/25-inmates-die-tied-to-poles-in-fire-in-india-in-mental-home.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=7 August 2001}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; A military junta led by [[Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz]] stages a [[2008 Mauritanian coup d'état|coup d'état]] in [[Mauritania]], overthrowing president [[Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 Ladakh floods|Flash floods]] across a large part of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]: [[2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan|A United States military helicopter is shot down]], killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'' rover]] [[Mars Science Laboratory|lands]] on the surface of [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Curiosity Has Landed |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/20060/curiosity-has-landed/ |website=NASA Mars Exploration |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=6 August 2012}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[2015 Abha mosque bombing|suicide bomb attack]] kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of [[Abha]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaheen |first1=Kareem |title=Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Saudi Arabian mosque |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/06/suicide-bomber-attacks-mosque-in-saudi-arabia |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 May 2023 |date=6 August 2015}}</ref>