Events which occurred on the 6th of August.
Events[]
An atomic bomb blast.
- 1570
- Aboard the time-displaced Deep Space Station K-13, Chief Engineer Meredith Nichols attempts a warp sled booster project, but it fails, and engineers shut down its warp coils to prevent a warp core breach. (STO - New Frontiers mission: "Echoes of Light")
- 1809
- Alfred Tennyson is born.
- 1881
- Microbiologist Alexander Fleming is born.
- 1902
- The RMS Carpathia steamship is launched.
- 1945
- The United States drops a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima near the end of World War II. Aegis agent Gary Seven would not interfere. (TOS novel: From History's Shadow, TOS - Strange New Worlds 8 short story: "Assignment: One")
- 2020
- Holly Eva Visser's fake passport is issued on this date. (PIC episode: "Fly Me to the Moon")
- 2267
- While returning a delegation of Ixtoldans to Ixtolde, the USS Enterprise responds to a distress call from the USS McRaven, which had become trapped within a gravitationally disruptive fold in space. (TOS novel: The Folded World)
Appendices[]
Calendar of publication and production[]
- 1972
- TOS comic: "Invasion of the City Builders" is released in French in Les Héros de L'Aventure, Issue 10.
- 1977
- TOS comic: "When Planets Collide", part 9 is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic, Issue 1338.
- 1980
- The 39th installment of TOS comic: "Aberration on Abaris" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
- 1981
- The 16th installment of TOS comic: "Quarantine" is published.
- 1982
- The 20th installment of TOS comic: "The Nogura Regatta" is published.
- 1983
- The 30th installment of TOS comic: "Terminally Yours" is published.
- 2001
- TOS movie: The Voyage Home is released on DVD, region 2.
- 2002
- TOS movie: The Wrath of Khan: The Director's Edition is released on DVD, region 1.
- Star Trek: The Magazine, vol. 3, Issue 5 is released by GE Fabbri.
- The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2002 Calendar is released by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
- 2008
- TOS - Star Trek: Assignment: Earth comic: "Issue 4" and TNG omnibus: Intelligence Gathering are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2014
- TOS - New Visions comic: "Issue 2" is published, containing "Time's Echo" and "Sweet Sorrow".
- 2019
- Star Trek Magazine, Issue 199 (U.S. Issue 72) is released by Titan Magazines.
- 2020
- LD episode: "Second Contact" is released by CBS All Access.
- ENT - Adventures RPG module: Enterprise Player Characters is published by Mōdiphiüs Entertainment.
- Graphic Novel Collection, Volume 124 is released by Eaglemoss Collections.
External link[]
- 6 August article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.