Talk: August 6
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August 6: Independence Day in Jamaica (1962), Bolivia (1825)
- 1806 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor abdicated to become Francis I, Emperor of Austria, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1915 - World War I: The Allies launched the Battle of Sari Bair at Gallipoli.
- 1945 - The atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan, killing 80,000 outright.
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee released files describing his idea for a "World Wide Web."
- 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush received a daily briefing warning of an imminent attack by Osama bin Laden.
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I'm brand new to Wikipedia, not brave enough to edit a page, but... The first link on the August 6 day in history links to the wrong Francis I. Yes, he was Francis I in his own domain, but he was Francis II as far as the Holy Roman Empire was concerned. The linked Francis I died in 1765 on his way back from the opera in Innspruck. If he waited until August 6, 1806 to abdicate as the last Holy Roman Emperor, then the HRE was moribund indeed.
