Talk:August 6

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August 6 Street fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo 686 – Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq. 1623 – After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII. 1944 – World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured). 1979 – An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people. 1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard. 2011 – A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers. Ludwig Ross (d. 1859) George Kenney (b. 1889) Lucille Ball (b. 1911) Edsger W. Dijkstra (d. 2002) More anniversaries: August 5 August 6 August 7

Francis I

I'm brand new to Wikipedia, not brave enough to edit a page, but... The first link on the August 6 day in history links to the wrong Francis I. Yes, he was Francis I in his own domain, but he was Francis II as far as the Holy Roman Empire was concerned. The linked Francis I died in 1765 on his way back from the opera in Innspruck. If he waited until August 6, 1806 to abdicate as the last Holy Roman Emperor, then the HRE was moribund indeed.

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2001

The way the event is worded for the daily posting is an NPOV violation. The briefing showed that there was a possibility that al-Qaeda may attack and what strategies they may employ, not that an attack was imminent. --Kitch 02:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

The 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing is not notable

I've removed this entry three times:

• 2005 - Hiroshima marks the 60th anniversary atomic bombing of the city.

How, exactly, is this notable? Unless something which was itself notable happened at an observation of this anniversary, then listing this anniversary — or any other Nth anniversary — serves no purpose but to clutter up the page.

Arguing "well, this is the sixtieth anniversary, and the sixtieth anniversary is significant, so therefore we should list it" fails. After all, this event has been commemorated annually starting in 1946; there is no listing for the tenth, twentieth, thirtieth, fortieth, or fiftieth anniversaries; and the actual, original, and highly notable event is listed on this very page.

Please stop putting this listing back. It is not necessary here. - jredmond 07:44, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Well said. The event is already listed in 1945, where it should be. we don't need to mark anniversaries here. Kingturtle 09:49, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Is this addition needed? It's minor, But it's weird how it doesn't talk about something that happened on August 6th. 72.10.110.107 (talk) 16:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Are these notable?

1914 – Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I.

1923 – Henry Sullivan swims the English Channel.

Neither event is noted anywhere else and the gentlemen mentioned do not have entries.Patrick lovell (talk) 08:24, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Removed as unsupported. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 10:54, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Graff Diamonds robbery

This event occured on this day. I'm putting this note here for the record as it appears there is some unspoken standard for what is and isn't allowed on this poxy useless page, and somehow it fails it. MickMacNee (talk) 20:45, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

It was a domestic event and hence not eligible for inclusion on a Day article. It should be on 2009 in the United Kingdom. Jim Michael (talk) 01:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Peaceful Riots

IMO this sentence: "A peaceful march in protest of the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, London ends in a riot," doesn't make much sense. How can a march be peaceful if it ends in a riot? GoldenRing (talk) 12:29, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

holidays and observances - Feast of the transfiguration

has a wiki page Feast of the Transfiguration and external sources https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-of-the-Transfiguration, https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/the-transfiguration-555, https://www.goarch.org/transfiguration 142.163.194.58 (talk) 14:09, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

so put it in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.163.194.58 (talk) 18:44, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

'No article' removal

My recent addition of [[Archie Battersbee case|Archie Battersbee]] was was reverted with the edit summary "no article for the individual therefore can't be included in deaths". It seems ludicrous if the criteria for inclusion do indeed preclude people who are the subject of articles about their case, murder, execution or death, with their name in the article title. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:11, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

People who are famous for only one event aren't normally considered notable in themselves. You could of course include the event in the Date article for one of the key dates. I would suggest either 2 or 3 August if you feel it's notable enough - though of course there have been many similar cases. Deb (talk) 17:10, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Having been a Wikipedia editor for nigh on two decades, I'm quite comfortable in my understanding of the notability policy. However, that wasn't my point; and neither was to ask you to expand on your edit summary; but rather to ask for other editors' opinions as to whether you are correct, and if so whether that policy is justified. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:09, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

It's because I know you've been here a long time that I was offering the explanation. We don't need to debate individual cases, but you're welcome to seek a change to Wikipedia:Days of the year#Births and deaths which would allow the inclusion of such individuals. Deb (talk) 13:53, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

Grace "Spice" Hamilton

Grace "Spice" Hamilton birthday August 6, 1982 186.96.210.104 (talk) 17:41, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

And? Deb (talk) 20:14, 6 August 2022 (UTC)