{"id":23005,"date":"2020-08-06T05:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T23:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23005"},"modified":"2020-08-05T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T12:02:10","slug":"history-of-6-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-6-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 6 August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1990 &#8211; The U.N. Security Council ordered a worldwide trade embargo with Iraq. The embargo was to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait.<\/li><li>1993 &#8211; The U.S. Senate confirmed Louis Freeh to be the director of the FBI.<\/li><li>1993 &#8211; Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister of Japan.<\/li><li>1995 &#8211; Thousands of glowing lanterns were set afloat in rivers in Hiroshima, Japan, on the 50th anniversary of the first atomic bombing.<\/li><li>1996 &#8211; NASA announced the discovery of evidence of primitive life on Mars. The evidence came in the form of a meteorite that was found in Antarctica. The meteorite was believed to have come from Mars and contained a fossil.<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share technology in a deal giving Microsoft a stake in Apple&#8217;s survival.<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky spent 8 1\/2 hours testifying before a grand jury about her relationship with\u00a0U.S. President Clinton.<\/li><li>2012 &#8211; The Mars rover Curiosity landed on the floor of Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory\/Curiosity spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, on November 26, 2011. <\/li><li>2015\u00a0\u2013 A\u00a0suicide bomb attack\u00a0kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of\u00a0Abha. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Di\u00e1na P\u00f3th, Hungarian figure skater<\/li><li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0C. J. Mosley, American football player<\/li><li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer<\/li><li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vedad Ibi\u0161evi\u0107, Bosnian footballer<\/li><li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer<\/li><li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Viktoria Ba\u0161kite, Estonian chess player<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Micka\u00ebl Delage, French cyclist<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Baf\u00e9timbi Gomis, French footballer<\/li><li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer<\/li><li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mehmet Akg\u00fcn, Turkish footballer<\/li><li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player<\/li><li>1987\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/August_6#cite_note-10\">[<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer<\/li><li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tara Moore, British tennis player<\/li><li>1995\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1990 &#8211; The U.N. 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