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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 6
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of John Storey Bonington in the United Kingdom; mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Swoosie Kurtz; actress (Vice Versa, The World According to Garp).
- 80th: 1944 - Deportation of 70,000 Jews from Lodz, Poland to Auschwitz begins.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Moosie Drier in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Laugh-in).
- 60th: 1964 - Sir Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Captain Hook - Peter Pan), dies at age 71.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Peggy and Patsy Lynn; country singers (The Lynns).
- 50th: 1974 - Sixth time Philadelphia Phillies get just one assist in game; no other team did it twice.
- 50th: 1974 - Explosion and fire destory Great Northern railroad yard in Wenatchee, Washington.
- 40th: 1984 - In Kyushu, Japan, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - Carl Lewis wins his second (long jump) gold medal in Summer Olympics.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Eric Roberts; bassist (Gym Class Heroes).
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Domenico Modugno at age 66 from a heart attack; singer ("Volare", "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu").
- 25th: 1999 - Buena Vista releases the film The Sixth Sense to theaters.
- 20th: 2004 - A United Nations report blaming the government of Sudan for crimes against humanity in Darfur is released.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Rick James at age 56; American musician (Super Freak (1981)).
- 15th: 2009 - Great Britain's second biggest robbery in history: a pair of robbers steal nearly 40 million pounds of items from the Graff jewellery store in London.
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