Thursday, August 6, 2026 is a Thursday. It is day 218 of 2026 (59.7% through the year), ISO week 32, in Q3.
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Today, August 6, 2026, marks day 218 of the year and is observed as the Transfiguration of Jesus, as well as the feast days of several Christian figures, including Anna Maria Rubatto, Felicissimus and Agapitus, Pope Hormisdas, and Justus and Pastor. The moon is in its Last Quarter phase, and the zodiac sign is Leo. In recent history, August 6 has been marked by several significant events, including a 1997 plane crash in Guam that killed 228 people, a 2010 natural disaster in Indian-administered Kashmir that left at least 255 people dead, and a 2011 series of riots in London and other English cities. Currently, global news is focused on ongoing conflicts, including the Middle Eastern crisis, the Yemeni civil war, and the Russo-Ukrainian war, with rec...
Today, August 6, 2026, marks day 218 of the year and is observed as the Transfiguration of Jesus, as well as the feast days of several Christian figures, including Anna Maria Ruba...
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Historical Milestones
A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.
2013 Rosario gas explosion →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.
2011 England riots →Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across Ladakh in Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.
2010 Ladakh floods →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.
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi →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.
Korean Air Flight 801 →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.
Meteorite →British 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.
Programmer →An earthquake struck along the Calaveras Fault near Coyote Lake, California, injuring sixteen people.
1979 Coyote Lake earthquake →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.
Lyndon B. Johnson →World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.
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Questions & Answers
Thursday, August 6, 2026 falls on a Thursday.
50 days ago (1 month, 19 days ago). It is day 218 of 2026 with 147 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Thursday, August 6, 2026 is written as VI.VIII.MMXXVI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Last Quarter (approx. 44% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.