August 6

This page lists news articles and events for August 6.

Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.

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Recurring Events

• Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord — Roman Catholic calendar

One-time Events/News

• 1809:
  • Event: Birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
• 1874:
  • Event: Charles Fort born in Albany, New York
• 1930
  • Event: Judge Crater vanishes; his disappearance remains a mystery for decades.
• 2008:
  • Event/News: Southern California Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Baffles Experts
• 2009:
  • News: Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality