August 6th
- 1821 – John Speed Smith entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 7th District.
- 1834 – Robert P. Letcher entered office as US House of Representatives from Kentucky, 5th District.
- 1855 – Bloody Monday, the Know-nothing riots in Louisville.
- 1862 – Elizabeth Robins born.
- 1867 – Alexander Von Schrader died, aged 43.
- 1869 – George Post Wheeler born.
- 1880 – William Orlando Butler died, aged 89.
- 1882 – Thomas Williams Thompson died, aged 42.
- 1928 – Herb Moford born.
