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This is a list of selected August 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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Feast of the Transfiguration (Gregorian calendar); refimprove
Independence Day in Bolivia (1825) and Jamaica (1962) Bolivia: refimprove section; Jamaica: lots of CN tags (24)
1538 – Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded a European urban settlement in what is today Bogotá, Colombia. refimprove sections
1806 – The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by its last emperor, Francis II, during the aftermath of the War of the Third Coalition. unreferenced section
1861 – Under the threat of military bombardment, Dosunmu, Oba of Lagos, ceded the island of Lagos to British forces. Date not cited
1870Franco-Prussian War: At the Battle of Wörth, German troops under Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm defeated the French under Marshal Patrice de MacMahon near the village of Wœrth. single source
1890 – At Auburn Prison in the U.S. state of New York, William Kemmler became the first person to be executed by electric chair. Referencing issues
1914First World War: Germany's Atlantic U-boat campaign began when ten U-boats sailed from their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea, the first ever submarine war patrol in history. refimprove section
1915First World War: The Allied Powers launched the Battle of Sari Bair at Gallipoli. needs more footnotes
1926 – American competitive swimmer Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. refimprove section
1956DuMont, one of the world's first television networks, aired its last program. Referencing issues
1964 – American researcher Donald Currey had a bristlecone pine tree known as Prometheus cut down, only to find that it was the oldest known non-clonal organism ever discovered, at least 4,862 years old at the time. refimprove section
1966 – Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan became emir and ruler of Abu Dhabi, succeeding his brother, Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was deposed in a bloodless coup d'état. refimprove section
1988New York City Police officers charged a crowd protesting a curfew for the previously 24-hour Tompkins Square Park, sparking a riot that led to more than 100 complaints of police brutality. refimprove section
Diego Velázquez |d|1660| Too much uncited
James Henry Greathead |b|1844| Too much uncited
James Henry Greathead |b|1844| Too much uncited

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Street fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo
Street fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo
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