Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 6
August 6, 2025 is the 218th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 6
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
- 1912 –The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
- 1914 –World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Helgoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
- 1914 –World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1953 –Venerable Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.
- 1956 –After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
- 1962 –Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1988 –The Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
- 1991 –Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan’s first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
- 1996 –NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
Who were born on August 6?
- 1697 –Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
- 1861 –Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
- 1881 –Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
- 1886 –Edward Ballantine, American composer (d. 1971)
- 1910 –Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)
- 1928 –Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
- 1934 –Chris Bonington, British mountaineer
- 1941 –Lyle Berman, American poker player
- 1980 –Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
- 1985 –Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
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