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August 6th, 2001EventWhite House briefing entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. delivered to George W. Bush. This document foreshadowed the September 11, 2001 attacks.
August 6th, 2000EventThe Roman Catholic Church s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, under Prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, publishes Dominus Iesus, notable for its lack of the filioque clause in the Latin text of the Nicene Creed.
August 6th, 1997EventKorean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.
August 6th, 1996EventNASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
August 6th, 1993EventAccording to Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy massive rain and debris blow occurred at widely Kagoshima and Aira area, Kyushu, Japan, killing 72.
August 6th, 1991EventTim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Weborn in WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
August 6th, 1991EventDoi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan s first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
August 6th, 1990EventGulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq s invasion of Kuwait.
August 6th, 1986EventA low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.
August 6th, 1976EventZulfikar Ali Bhutto lays foundation-stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

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