August 6th, 1713

Born on August 6th, 1713

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 113,000 days old!

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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?

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

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

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

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

73

Alexander Fleming

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

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

40

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

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

83

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

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

69

Jürgen Owczarzak

German association football player

*August 6th, 1954, Stuttgart

31

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

French writer, a moralist (1715-1747)

*August 6th, 1715, Aix-en-Provence †May 28th, 1747, Paris

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

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Born in 1713

70

Denis Diderot

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

*October 5th, 1713, Langres †July 31st, 1784, Paris

78

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792)

*May 25th, 1713, Parliament Square †March 10th, 1792, Grosvenor Square

52

Alexis Clairaut

French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (*1713 – †1765)

*May 13th, 1713, Paris †May 17th, 1765, Paris

49

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

French astronomer

*March 15th, 1713, Rumigny †March 21st, 1762, Paris

68

Richard Wilson

Welsh landscape painter (1714-1782)

*August 1st, 1713, Penegoes †May 11th, 1782, Colomendy

45

Ferdinand VI of Spain

King of Spain, lived (1713-1759)

*September 23rd, 1713, Madrid †August 10th, 1759, Villaviciosa de Odón

35

Maruyama Gondazaemon

Sumo wrestler (1713-1749)

*December 23rd, 1713, Tome †November 14th, 1749, Nagasaki Prefecture

74

Antonio Eugenio Visconti

Italian cardinal (1713-1788)

*June 13th, 1713, Milan †March 4th, 1788, Rome

70

Junípero Serra

Christian missionary

*November 24th, 1713, Casa del Beat Juníper Serra †August 28th, 1784, Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

73

Gasparo Gozzi

Italian literary critic (1713-1786)

*December 4th, 1713, Venice †December 26th, 1786, Padua

70

Allan Ramsay

Scottish portrait painter (1713-1784)

*October 13th, 1713, Edinburgh †August 10th, 1784, Dover

49

Luise Gottsched

German poet, playwright, essayist and translator

*April 11th, 1713, Gdańsk †June 26th, 1762, Leipzig

90

Marie Dumesnil

French actress

*January 2nd, 1713, Paris †February 20th, 1803, Paris

66

Onno Zwier van Haren

Dutch poet, playwright, writer and politician (1713-1779)

*April 2nd, 1713, Leeuwarden †September 2nd, 1779, Weststellingwerf

78

Luís António Verney

Portuguese philosopher

*July 23rd, 1713, Lisbon †March 20th, 1792, Rome

54

Laurence Sterne

Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768)

*November 24th, 1713, Clonmel †March 18th, 1768, London

54

Alexander Russell

Scottish physician and naturalist; (1714-1768)

*November 30th, 1713, Edinburgh †November 28th, 1768, London

79

Marie Jeanne Riccoboni

French novelist

*October 25th, 1713, Paris †December 7th, 1792, Paris

54

John Newbery

English publisher and bookseller (1713-1767)

*July 9th, 1713, Berkshire †December 22nd, 1767, London

88

Nicola Sala

Italian opera composer and music theorist (1713-1801)

*April 7th, 1713, Tocco Caudio †August 31st, 1801, Naples

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1713 is a normal year and no leap year.

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