August 6th (2001) was a Monday. It's the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 147 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on August 6 in 2001
» Ty Simpkins, American actor
August 6th Famous Deaths for 2001
» Jorge Amado, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1912)
» Wilhelm Mohnke, German SS officer (b. 1911)
» Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
» Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
August 6th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus
» Justus and Pastor
» August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)
» Public holidays in Bolivia known as Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
» Public holidays in Jamaica called Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.