Today in History for 6th August 2026

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Historical Events

1856 - The Great Bell is cast for the Great Clock of Westminster, London (Big Ben)
1908 - St. Louis Cardinals' Johnny Lush pitches a second career no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Brooklyn Superbas; a change in MLB rules makes this unofficial as the game was shortened by rain
2008 - A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup in Mauritania, overthrowing President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
2015 - American comedian Jon Stewart hosts late-night talk and satirical news program "The Daily Show" for the last time
2018 - PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi announces she will step down

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Famous Birthdays

1886 - Inez Milholland, American suffragist (National Woman's Party), labor lawyer and socialist, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1916)
1906 - Ken Strong, American College/Pro Football HOF fullback/halfback (NYU; NFL C'ship 1934 NY Giants; 4 × First-team All-Pro), born in West Haven, Connecticut (d. 1979)
1916 - E. Michael Burke, sports executive (President New York Yankees, New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden), born in Enfield, Connecticut (d. 1987)
1938 - Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok, Belarusian composer and teacher, born in Minsk, Belarus (d. 2018)
1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician (President of South Korea 2003-8), born in Bongha Village, South Korea (d. 2009)

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Famous Deaths

1657 - Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian military leader of Zaporozhian Cossacks (organized rebellion of Ukrainian Cossacks against the Polish), dies (b. c. 1595)
1695 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris, dies at 69
1914 - Ellen Axson Wilson (née Ellen Louise Axson), American artist and First Lady (US, 1913-14; New Jersey, 1911-13), dies of Bright's Disease during President Woodrow Wilson's 1st term, at 54
1976 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist, dies at 73
1991 - Roland Michener, 20th Governor General of Canada (1967-74), dies at 91

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