Event:
At least 20 Navy SEALs and 17 others die when a NATO Chinook helicopter crashes after being shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan
More Notable Events on August 6:
1990 U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq
1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
1961 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
1952 Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout
