August 6th, 1112

Born on August 6th, 1112

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 333,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 978 days, exactly on January 21st, 2027, people who were born on August 6th, 1112 will be 334,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 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.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

On approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 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.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay (pictured with crew) dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 2015

A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

August 6th, 2012

NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

August 6th, 2011

War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 6th?

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

40

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

*August 6th, 1868, Villeneuve-sur-Fère †February 23rd, 1955, Paris

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

70

Allan Holdsworth

British musician (1946–2017)

*August 6th, 1946, Bradford †April 15th, 2017, Vista

38

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

*August 6th, 1985, La Seyne-sur-Mer

69

Jürgen Owczarzak

German association football player

*August 6th, 1954, Stuttgart

42

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

53

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

63

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

71

Hans-Jörn Arp

German politician

*August 6th, 1952, Wacken

77

Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989)

*August 6th, 1911, Jamestown †April 26th, 1989, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

87

Gordon Freeth

Australian politician and diplomat (1914–2001)

*August 6th, 1914, Angaston †November 27th, 2001, Perth

83

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

*August 6th, 1809, Somersby †October 6th, 1892, Aldworth

50

Asia Carrera

American pornographic actress

*August 6th, 1973, New York City

30

Amin Younes

German association football player

*August 6th, 1993, Düsseldorf

50

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

46

Ashlie Atkinson

American actress

*August 6th, 1977, Little Rock

51

Geri Horner

English singer and actress

*August 6th, 1972, Watford General Hospital

89

Frank Finlay

British actor (1926–2016)

*August 6th, 1926, Farnworth †January 30th, 2016, Weybridge

47

Melissa George

Australian-American actress

*August 6th, 1976, Perth

59

Kevin Mitnick

American hacker (1963–2023)

*August 6th, 1963, Van Nuys †July 16th, 2023, Las Vegas

50

Stuart O'Grady

Australian cyclist

*August 6th, 1973, Adelaide

81

Erica Reiner

Hungarian-American assyriologist

*August 6th, 1924, Budapest †December 31st, 2005, Chicago

49

Mohammad Najibullah

4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

*August 6th, 1947, Gardēz †September 27th, 1996, Kabul

73

Dorian Harewood

American actor (born 1950)

*August 6th, 1950, Dayton

58

Luc Alphand

French alpine skier and racing car driver

*August 6th, 1965, Briançon

39

Vedad Ibišević

Bosnian association football player

*August 6th, 1984, Vlasenica

70

Byard Lancaster

American jazz musician (1942–2012)

*August 6th, 1942, Philadelphia †August 23rd, 2012, Wyndmoor

66

Faith Prince

American actress

*August 6th, 1957, Augusta

63

Philippe Omnès

Fencer

*August 6th, 1960, Paris

38

Mickaël Delage

Road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1985, Libourne

37

Jérôme Coppel

Road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1986, Annemasse

56

Marcel Wüst

German road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1967, Cologne

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 6th

Fixed holidays (Christian holidays and observances) which are celebrated on August 6th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1112 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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