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August 6th
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August 6th is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 147 days remaining until
the end of the calendar year.

Births
1911
- Lucille Ball, comedian, actress, model (I Love Lucy)
1917 - Robert Mitchum, actor, author (Out of the Past)
1928 - Andy Warhol, painter, printmaker, filmmaker
1941 - Lyle Berman, Hall of Fame poker player, businessman
1965 - David Robinson, professional basketball player
1972 - Geri Halliwell, singer, songwriter, actress (Ginger Spice)
1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, mysterious murder victim

Deaths
1623
- Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare
1815 - James A. Bayard, U.S. Senator (Delaware)
1945 - Hiram Johnson, activist, U.S. Senator (California)
1945 - Richard Bong, Medal of Honor recipient, fighter pilot
2004 - Rick James, musician, singer ("Super Freak")
2009 - John Hughes, director (National Lampoon's Vacation)

Events
1926
- 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel, the 21 miles from Dover,
England, to Cape Griz-Nez that seperates Great Britain from the northwestern tip of France.
1945 - An atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay devastating the Japanese city of
Hiroshima during World War II.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, which outlawed practices designed to disenfranchise
African-Americans from being able to vote.
1965 - The Beatles release Help!, which holds the #1 spot on the charts for 9 weeks.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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