Here are the other historical events that occurred on August 6: 1284 - Battle of Meloria 1661 - Signing of the Treaty of the Hague 1777 - Battle of Oriskany 1806 - Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 1824 - Battle of Junín 1825 - Independence Day in Bolivia 🇧🇴 1870 - Battle of Spicheren and Wörth 1914 - Austro-Hungarian declaration of war on Russia 1915 - Battle of Sari Bair 1917 - Battle of Mărășești 1962 - Independence Day in Jamaica 🇯🇲 1965 - Signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 1997 - Korean Air Flight 801 disaster 2005 - Tuninter Flight 1153 disaster 2008 - 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état 2011 - 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown