● 1926, 6th August: Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
● 1940, 6th August: The Soviet Union illegally annexed Estonia.
● 1945, 6th August: The US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. For the first time in history, an atomic bomb was used.
● 1960, 6th August: Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalized American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
● 1962, 6th August: Jamaica gained independence from England.
● 1997, 6th August: Sri Lanka set a new record of 952/6 in a Test match against India in Colombo. Sanat Jayasuriya scored 340 runs.
Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on August 6.
● 1809: Alfred Tennyson, a British poet.
● 1881: Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician, and microbiologist.
● 1959: Rajendra Singh, an Indian water conservationist, and environmentalist.
● 1970: M. Night Shyamalan, an American filmmaker, philanthropist, and actor.
● 1987: Aditya Narayan, an Indian playback singer, television host, and Bollywood actor.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on August 6.
● 1925: Surendranath Banerjee, one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Rule.
● 1982: S. K. Pottekkatt, an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a politician.
● 1997: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was an Indian writer.
● 1999: Kalpnath Rai, an Indian politician.
● 2019: Sushma Swaraj, an Indian politician, and a Supreme Court lawyer.
6-August-1905
Chittaranjan Das "Desh Bandhu", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named "Swadeshi Mandali".He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
6-August-1920
'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
6-August-1920
Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
6-August-1920
Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
6-August-1925
Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
6-August-1932
Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
6-August-1933
Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
6-August-1951
Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
6-August-1962
Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
6-August-1965
Indian troops invade Pakistan.
6-August-1989
Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
6-August-1991
Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
6-August-1992
A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
6-August-1993
Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
6-August-1994
The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
6-August-1994
Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
6-August-1996
Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
6-August-1996
SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
6-August-1997
Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
6-August-1997
Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
6-August-1998
SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
6-August-1998
The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
6-August-1999
Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
6-August-2000
Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
Chittaranjan Das "Desh Bandhu", freedom fighter and advocate, started an organisation named "Swadeshi Mandali".He also founded magazine named Narayana in 1914 and a Bengali weekly in 1922 and the daily 'Forward'.
6-August-1920
'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
6-August-1920
Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
6-August-1920
Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
6-August-1925
Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
6-August-1932
Ramsay McDonald came out with his 'Communal Award' to fix seats for the various communities in the provincial legislatures.
6-August-1933
Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras.
6-August-1951
Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died.
6-August-1962
Peking agrees to talks with India to settle border disputes.
6-August-1965
Indian troops invade Pakistan.
6-August-1989
Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.
6-August-1991
Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA.
6-August-1992
A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
6-August-1993
Medha Patkar suspends anti-Narmada stir and drops her ''jal samarpan'' threat.
6-August-1994
The Muslim Auqaf Trust takes over charge of the Hazratbal shrine after the removal of security bunkers around it by authorities.
6-August-1994
Hajratbal' was handed over to Muslim Auwkaf Trust.
6-August-1996
Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
6-August-1996
SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
6-August-1997
Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
6-August-1997
Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
6-August-1998
SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
6-August-1998
The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.
6-August-1999
Kalpnath Rai (58), former Union Minister, died in New Delhi.
6-August-2000
Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
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