August 6

August 6th observes Fresh Breath Day and Wiggle Your Toes Day.

2024

Kamala Harris chose Tim Waltz as her running mate for the 2024 US presidential election.

2019

The Department of Health in Manila, Philippines, declared a national epidemic after the dengue outbreak.

2019

World Resources Institute reported that a quarter of the world's population is running out of water.

2015

Jon Stewart hosted his last episode of 'The Daily Show.'

2015

Pittsburgh hosted the world's largest pinball tournament.

2012

Flammable vapor caught fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California.

2012

Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted for the first time in 115 years.

2012

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars' Aeolis Palus plain.

2006

At just 30 years old, golf professional Tiger Woods won the 50th PGA, making him the youngest person ever to win a PGA.

1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed while approaching Guam airport, killing 229 of the 254 people aboard.

1996

A team of NASA scientists declared that the Martian ALH 84001 meteorite might contain traces of alien life.

1971

After being the first man to sail the world non-stop in the wrong direction, Chay Blyth returned to the UK.

1965

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.

1945

The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

1825

Bolivia gained independence from Peru.

1819

Norwich University was founded in Vermont.

1661

Portugal and the Dutch Republic signed the Treaty of The Hague.