deaths
August 6, 2002
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (born 1930)
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist.
August 6
August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year.