What day of the week was August 6, 1914?

The day of the week August 6th, 1914 fell on was a Thursday.

World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium the ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea. World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.