August 6th, 1473

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Born on August 6th, 1473 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 6th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 6th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1473)

Born on August 6th, 1473

Weekday

Wednesday

August 6th, 1473 was a Wednesday.

Age

550

People born on August 6th, 1473 will turn 551 this year (2024), in exactly 99 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1473 - August 23rd, 1473

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 850 days, exactly on August 27th, 2026, people who were born on August 6th, 1473 will be 202,000 days old!

201,150 Days

28,735 Weeks

6,608 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

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

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

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

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

Alexander Fleming

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

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

Andy Warhol

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

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

Allan Holdsworth

British musician (1946–2017)

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

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

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

Jean de Witte

Bishop in the 16th century

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

Jürgen Owczarzak

German association football player

*August 6th, 1954, Stuttgart

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

Hans-Jörn Arp

German politician

*August 6th, 1952, Wacken

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

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

Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989)

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

Same year
Born in 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

*February 19th, 1473, Toruń †May 24th, 1543, Frombork

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513

*March 17th, 1473, Holyrood Abbey †September 9th, 1513, Northumberland

Nityananda

Hindu saint

*January 12th, 1473, India †November 30th, 1539, India

Georg von Frundsberg

German noble

*September 24th, 1473, Mindelheim †August 20th, 1528, Mindelheim

Maddalena de' Medici

Italian noble

*July 25th, 1473, Florence †December 2nd, 1519, Rome

Henry IV

Duke of Saxony

*March 16th, 1473, Dresden †August 18th, 1541, Dresden

Margaret of Münsterberg

Silesian princess of the house Münsterberg, by marriage, Duchess of Anhalt (1473-1530)

*August 25th, 1473, Wrocław †June 28th, 1530, Dessau

Ercole Strozzi

Italian poet

*September 2nd, 1473, Ferrara †June 6th, 1508, Ferrara

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

Second son of King Edward IV of England, younger of the princes in the Tower

*August 17th, 1473, Shrewsbury †June 26th, 1483, London

John Corvinus

Illegitimate son of King Matthias of Hungary and Ban of Croatia, Presumptive crown prince of Hungary (1473-1504)

*April 2nd, 1473, Buda †October 12th, 1504, Krapina

Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

*March 14th, 1473, Hanau †January 30th, 1512, Hanau

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)

*August 14th, 1473, Bath †May 27th, 1541, Tower of London

Martin Baumgartner auf Breitenbach

*November 11th, 1473, Kufstein †January 1st, 1535, Kufstein

Lucas Fernández

Spanish writer (1474-1542)

*November 30th, 1473, Salamanca †January 1st, 1542, Salamanca

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 6th

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

Independence Day (Bolivia), celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bolivia

Independence Day (Jamaica), celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Jamaica)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Ceremony

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VI.VIII.MCDLXXIII

6.8.1473

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1473 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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