August 6
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on August 6 this year.
- R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (the Steipler)d. 1985 CE
Talmudic scholar and posek; author of Kehillos Yaakov
- 1221 CEChristian · died
Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers, died at the convent of St Nicholas in Bologna after a fever.
- 1885 CEBuddhist · born
Nichidatsu Fujii, the Japanese monk who founded the Nipponzan-Myōhōji order and began building Peace Pagodas around the world, was born.
- 1978 CEChristian · died
Paul VI, who presided over the close of the Second Vatican Council, died at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo.
- 1881 CEScience · born
Alexander Fleming, the Scottish bacteriologist whose 1928 notice of a mold that halted bacterial growth opened the path to penicillin, was born near Darvel, Scotland.
Trace this life → - 1945 CEScience
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima; the weapon, developed by the Manhattan Project, killed tens of thousands and hastened the end of the Second World War.