Historical Events on August 6

Attack of the Dead Men — 1915 battle of World War I

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — 1945 use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II

Little Boy — US nuclear bomb

1961 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1967 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1967

Korean Air Flight 801 — aviation accident

Tuninter Flight 1153 — aviation accident in Italy