Tuesday August 6, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 6: Day of the Week

August 6, 2024 is the 219th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

August 6 Historical Event(s)

1284
The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1777
American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
1787
Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1825
Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
1870
Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
1926
Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926
Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1940
Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
1964
Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, is cut down.
1976
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

Who were born on August 6?

1895
Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1908
Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
1911
Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
1928
Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1929
Mike Elliott (saxophonist), Jamaican born ska, pop, jazz musician
1940
Louise Sorel, American actress
1953
Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
1958
Randy DeBarge, American bass guitarist and singer
1965
Juliane Köhler, German actress
1982
Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality

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