August 6 in history: • 686 – Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq. → go there • 1930 – New York Supreme Court judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in Manhattan, in a case that was never solved. → go there • 1996 – Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive. → go there • 2010 – Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across Ladakh in Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead. → go there • 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. → go there Died 1221: Dominic de Guzmán Wiki link Born 1911: Lucille Ball Wiki link Died 1931: Bix Beiderbecke Wiki link Died 1931: John Richard Clark Hall Wiki link Pictured: ALH84001.