August 6th, 1789

Born on August 6th, 1789

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What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

Born on August 6th, 1789

57

Friedrich List

German economist

*August 6th, 1789, Reutlingen †November 30th, 1846, Kufstein

Same year
Born in 1789

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

61

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer (1789–1851)

*September 15th, 1789, Burlington †September 14th, 1851, Cooperstown

64

Silvio Pellico

Italian writer and poet

*June 24th, 1789, Saluzzo †January 31st, 1854, Turin

28

Francisco Javier Mina

Spanish general and lawyer

*July 1st, 1789, Otao †November 11th, 1817, Pénjamo

67

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

French mathematician (1789–1857)

*August 21st, 1789, Paris †May 23rd, 1857, Sceaux

63

Józef Damse

Polish composer and actor

*January 26th, 1789, Sokołów Małopolski †December 15th, 1852, Rudno, Otwock County

60

Heinrich von Bombelles

Austrian diplomat and educator to the future Franz Joseph I of Austria (1789-1850)

*June 26th, 1789, Versailles †March 31st, 1850, Boštanj

75

Antonio Alcalá Galiano

Spanish politician and writer (1789–1865)

*July 22nd, 1789, Cádiz †April 11th, 1865, Madrid

62

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza

19th century Mexican writer, dramatist and diplomat (1789-1851)

*October 13th, 1789, Veracruz †October 23rd, 1851, Mexico City

69

William Cranch Bond

American astronomer (1789–1859)

*September 9th, 1789, Portland †January 29th, 1859, Cambridge

80

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement (1789–1869)

*July 3rd, 1789, Lübeck †November 12th, 1869, Rome

66

William Swainson

English naturalist and artist

*October 8th, 1789, London †December 6th, 1855, Lower Hutt

64

John Martin

English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)

*July 19th, 1789, Haydon Bridge †February 17th, 1854, Douglas

75

Carl Gotthilf Nestler

German businessperson

*January 9th, 1789, Neudorf †February 6th, 1864, Johanngeorgenstadt

68

Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein

German general (1789-1858)

*November 16th, 1789, Immendingen †May 29th, 1858, Münster

84

Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée

French botanist (1789-1874)

*November 7th, 1789, Ardentes †May 21st, 1874, Paris

62

Wilhelm Snell

Jurist and politician (1789-1851)

*April 8th, 1789, Idstein †May 8th, 1851, Bern

58

Vasil Aprilov

Bulgarian educator (1789—1847)

*July 21st, 1789, Gabrovo †October 2nd, 1847, Galați

64

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré

French botanist (1789-1854)

*September 4th, 1789, Angoulême †January 16th, 1854, Paris

23

Albrecht Rudolf von Wattenwyl

Swiss patrician and officer

*March 15th, 1789, Bern †November 30th, 1812, Smolensk

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1789 is a normal year and no leap year.

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