August 6th, 1472

Born on August 6th, 1472

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 201,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 494 days, exactly on August 27th, 2025, people who were born on August 6th, 1472 will be 202,000 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

65

Jean de Witte

Bishop in the 16th century

*August 6th, 1475, Bruges †August 15th, 1540, Bruges

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

83

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

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

77

Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989)

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

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45

Fra Bartolomeo

Italian Renaissance painter (1472-1517)

*March 28th, 1472, Prato †October 31st, 1517, Florence

36

Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

Italian condottiero and Duke of Urbino

*January 17th, 1472, Gubbio †April 10th, 1508, Fossombrone

31

Piero the Unfortunate

Italian noble (1472-1504)

*February 15th, 1472, Florence †December 28th, 1503, Gaeta

56

Wang Yangming

Chinese philosopher and general (1472–1529)

*October 31st, 1472, Yuyao City †January 9th, 1529, Ganzhou

38

Bianca Maria Sforza

Holy Roman Empress, Presumptive crown princess of Hungary

*April 5th, 1472, Milan †December 31st, 1510, Innsbruck

65

Érard de La Marck

Prince-bishop of Liège, Belgium

*May 31st, 1472, Sedan †February 27th, 1538, Liège

55

Pietro Torrigiano

Italian artist (1472-1528)

*November 24th, 1472, Florence †January 1st, 1528, Seville

8

Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

English noblewoman (1472–1481)

*December 10th, 1472, Suffolk †November 19th, 1481, Greenwich

65

Nikolaus von Schönberg

Catholic cardinal

*August 11th, 1472, Rothschönberg †September 7th, 1537, Rome

72

John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Count of Saarbrücken (1472-1544) and Saarwerden (1527-1544)

*October 19th, 1472, Saarbrücken †June 4th, 1545, Saarbrücken

45

Filippo Beroaldo der Jüngere

Italian writer and poet

*October 1st, 1472, Bologna †August 30th, 1518, Rome

73

Juan Pardo de Tavera

Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop and Spanish inquisitor

*May 16th, 1472, Toro †August 1st, 1545, Valladolid

69

Jakob Feer

Swiss politician (1472-1541)

*June 14th, 1472, Lucerne †August 20th, 1541

0

Margaret of York

Daughter of Edward IV

*April 10th, 1472, Hampshire †December 11th, 1472

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Public holidays on August 6th

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Leap year

Yes: 1472 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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