- What happened on August 6?
Today's Calendar for August 6, 2024
Name Day
Dominikus
Historical Events
2023 - US filmmaker Greta Gerwig makes film history with "Barbie". As the first woman and solo director, she earns over a billion dollars (around 910 million euros) worldwide with her satire about the famous toy doll, according to Hollywood studio Warner Bros.
2014 - The European space probe "Rosetta" reaches its target after more than ten years of travel through space. It goes into orbit around the comet "67P/Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko".
2004 - The Berlin Regional Court finds the former SED Politburo members Siegfried Lorenz and Hans-Joachim Böhme guilty of complicity in the deaths of three DDR refugees and sentences them to suspended sentences of 15 months each.
1999 - A 40-year-old cameraman from Frankfurt (Oder) dies in Berlin five days after returning from the Ivory Coast from yellow fever. This is the first case of yellow fever in Germany since 1946.
1914 - The Austro-Hungarian government declares war on Russia. Simultaneously, Serbia declares war on the German Reich.
Birthdays
1984 - Vedad Ibisevic (40), Bosnian footballer (1899 Hoffenheim 2007-2012)
1964 - Anouschka Renzi (60), German actress ("Greed")
1949 - Richard Prince (75), American painter and photographer (Cowboys series)
1789 - Friedrich List, German economist (Main work: "The National System of Political Economy"), died 1846
Deaths
1969 - Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher ("Essay on Wagner", "Dialectic of Enlightenment"), born 1903
The success of Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" in 2023 marked a significant milestone in the history of cinema, as she became the first woman and solo director to earn over a billion dollars worldwide.
Understanding the historical events of August 6 requires delving into the rich tapestry of human achievements and milestones, such as the Rosetta probe's 2014 achievement or the Berlin Regional Court's judgment in 2004.
