How Many Days Until August 6?

This day in history: August 6

1. 1991

   British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

2. 1996

   Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001, discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

3. 1997

   Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

4. 2008

   Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

5. 2010

   Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across Ladakh in Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

6. 2011

   A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

7. 2013

   A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

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