June 6th, 1937

Born on June 6th, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 264 days, exactly on January 15th, 2025, people who were born on June 6th, 1937 will be 32,000 days old!

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What happened on June 6th?

June 6th, 1912

The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began, forming the volcano Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.

June 6th, 1894

Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered the Colorado state militia to protect and support miners engaged in a five-month strike in Cripple Creek.

June 6th, 1882

The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa within the Ethiopian Empire.

June 6th, 1862

American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval presence on the Mississippi River.

June 6th, 1822

Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian voyageur, was accidentally shot in the stomach; medical investigations of his injury led to a greater understanding of the processes of digestion.

June 6th, 1813

War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers.

June 6th, 1749

A plot by Muslim slaves in Malta to assassinate Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Knights Hospitaller was uncovered.

June 6th, 1674

Shivaji (pictured), who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.

June 6th, 1513

War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy.

June 6th, 2021

A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario, Canada, killing 4 members of the same family and injuring the family's nine year old son.

June 6th, 2017

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (soldiers pictured) opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign, capturing the de facto capital of the Islamic State four months later.

June 6th, 1985

The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.

June 6th, 1982

Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire incident.

June 6th, 1971

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.

June 6th, 1944

World War II: The largest amphibious military operation in history began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France.

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

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

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau

89

Albert II of Belgium

Sixth king of the Belgians

*June 6th, 1934, Laeken - Laken

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

72

Dwight Twilley

American singer

*June 6th, 1951, Tulsa †October 18th, 2023, Tulsa

89

George Deukmejian

Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

*June 6th, 1928, Menands †May 8th, 2018, Long Beach

69

Harvey Fierstein

American actor and playwright

*June 6th, 1954, Brooklyn

91

David Scott

American engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, former test pilot, and former NASA astronaut

*June 6th, 1932, San Antonio

71

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

*June 6th, 1926, Merseburg †January 11th, 1998, Heikendorf

64

Colin Quinn

American comedian and actor

*June 6th, 1959, Brooklyn

79

Tommie Smith

American track and field athlete

*June 6th, 1944, Clarksville

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zürich

69

Sukarno

1st President of the Republic of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967

*June 6th, 1901, Surabaya †June 21st, 1970, Jakarta

67

Björn Borg

Swedish tennis player

*June 6th, 1956, Stockholm

62

Richard Smalley

American chemist

*June 6th, 1943, Akron †October 28th, 2005, Houston

82

Billie Whitelaw

British actress (1932-2014)

*June 6th, 1932, Coventry †December 21st, 2014, Northwood

72

Levi Stubbs

American singer, actor (1936–2008)

*June 6th, 1936, Detroit †October 17th, 2008, Detroit

33

Gavin Hoyte

English-Trinidadian footballer (born 1990)

*June 6th, 1990, Leytonstone

75

Sunil Dutt

Hindi film actor and politician

*June 6th, 1929, Jhelum †May 25th, 2005, Mumbai

61

Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter (1599-1660)

*June 6th, 1599, Seville †August 6th, 1660, Madrid

27

Alexander Rossipal

German association football player

*June 6th, 1996, Stuttgart

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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