On This Day in History
Discover key historical events within the Genesis range (1950–2049) that occurred on this calendar day, and claim their commemorative registry plaques.
August 6
9 historical milestones registered between 1950 and 2049
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.
Wikipedia: Lyndon B. Johnson
An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people.
Wikipedia: 1979 Coyote Lake earthquakeBritish 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.
Wikipedia: Programmer
Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.
Wikipedia: Meteorite
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.
Wikipedia: Korean Air Flight 801
Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.
Wikipedia: Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
Wikipedia: 2010 Ladakh floods
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.
Wikipedia: 2011 England riots
A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.
Wikipedia: 2013 Rosario gas explosion