On This Day in History for August 6
Events in History
- 258 Pope St Sixtus II beheaded in Rome under persecutions by Roman Emperor Valerian
- 523 Pope Hormisdas reign as Catholic Pope ends with his death
- 768 Antipope Constantine II deposed
- 939 Battle at Simancas - Spain beats Moors
- 1497 Italian explorer John Cabot returns to Bristol from North America (Newfoundland) - first European to do so since the Vikings
- 1538 Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
- 1600 Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
- 1601 Spanish garrison of Meurs surrender to earl Mauritius
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Paul VIAugust in History
The Strange, Mysterious Story of the Balloon Expedition to the North Pole
The discovery of Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée's tragic, long-lost polar expedition in 1930 led to more questions than answers.
August 5, 1930
A Pill to Cure All Ills
Not well? Take a Beecham’s Pill was often the advice. So popular was it that nobody doubted it’s extravagant claim in the world’s first advertising slogan.
August 6, 1859
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
Why Mata Hari Was Not the Spy You Thought She Was
The controversial life and death of Mata Hari, the glamorous WWI double agent, executed in 1917, has recently been reassessed in the light of new evidence.
August 7, 1876