On this day: 6 August

Selected events and births on 6 August, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1930 – New York Supreme Court judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in Manhattan, in a case that was never solved. Read more: New York Supreme Court Joseph Force Crater Manhattan
• 1965 – U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans. Read more: Lyndon B. Johnson Voting Rights Act of 1965 Literacy test
• 1991 – British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web. Read more: Programmer Tim Berners-Lee Hypertext
• 1996 – Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001, discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive. Read more: Meteorite Allan Hills 84001 Allan Hills

Born on this day

• 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan Read more: Mukhu Aliyev Head of the Republic of Dagestan
• 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey Read more: Jim McGreevey Governor of New Jersey
• 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist Read more: Mickaël Delage
• 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player Read more: Raphael Pyrasch
• 1987 – Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer Read more: Leanne Crichton
• 1991 – Wilmer Flores, Venezuelan baseball player Read more: Wilmer Flores
• 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer Read more: Jiao Liuyang
• 1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player Read more: Rebecca Peterson
• 1999 – Hunter Greene, American baseball player Read more: Hunter Greene
• 1999 – Rebeka Masarova, Spanish-Swiss tennis player Read more: Rebeka Masarova
• 2002 – Nessa Barrett, American singer-songwriter Read more: Nessa Barrett
• 2004 – Takhmina Ikromova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast Read more: Takhmina Ikromova

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