TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024

1806-Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire

1815-U.S. flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli

1825-Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)

1926-Warner Bros premiers Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system (NY), Don Juan with John Barrymore shown

1934-U.S. troops leave Haiti, which had been occupied since 1915

1951-Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria

1958-Glenn Davis sets record of 49.2 in 400-meter hurdles

1965-Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights

1984-Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of four gold medals in Summer Olympics

1986-Phil Katz releases PKARC version 1.0, for the IBM

1990-U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstentions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq