Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 6
August 6: Independence Day in Jamaica (1962), Bolivia (1825)
- 1806 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor abdicated to become Francis I, Emperor of Austria, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1915 - World War I: The Allies launched the Battle of Sari Bair at Gallipoli.
- 1945 - The atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan, killing 80,000 outright.
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee released files describing his idea for a "World Wide Web."
- 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush received a daily briefing warning of an imminent attack by Osama bin Laden.