June 6th, 1945

Born on June 6th, 1945

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on June 6th, 1945

55

David Dukes

American character actor (1945–2000)

*June 6th, 1945, San Francisco †October 9th, 2000, Lakewood

63

Arthur Shawcross

American serial killer

*June 6th, 1945, Kittery †November 10th, 2008, Albany

78

Theo Zwanziger

German lawyer and sports official

*June 6th, 1945, Altendiez

78

Gerard Cholley

French rugby union footballer

*June 6th, 1945, Luxeuil-les-Bains

78

Augusto César Lendoiro

Spanish politician, football administrator

*June 6th, 1945, Corcubión

78

Allen Boyd

American politician in Florida (born 1945)

*June 6th, 1945, Valdosta

78

Rossy Mendoza

Mexican actress and dancer

*June 6th, 1945, Vícam †December 29th, 2023

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Who's birthday is on June 6th?

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

79

Tommie Smith

American track and field athlete

*June 6th, 1944, Clarksville

72

Dwight Twilley

American singer

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

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

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

69

Harvey Fierstein

American actor and playwright

*June 6th, 1954, Brooklyn

62

Richard Smalley

American chemist

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

64

Colin Quinn

American comedian and actor

*June 6th, 1959, Brooklyn

89

Albert II of Belgium

Sixth king of the Belgians

*June 6th, 1934, Laeken - Laken

67

Björn Borg

Swedish tennis player

*June 6th, 1956, Stockholm

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

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

89

George Deukmejian

Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

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

71

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

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

69

Sukarno

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

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

65

Chantal Akerman

Belgian film director (1950–2015)

*June 6th, 1950, Etterbeek †October 5th, 2015, 20th arrondissement of Paris

62

Michel Dernies

Belgian cyclist

*June 6th, 1961, Nivelles

91

David Scott

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

*June 6th, 1932, San Antonio

56

Max Casella

American actor

*June 6th, 1967, Washington, D.C.

33

Gavin Hoyte

English-Trinidadian footballer (born 1990)

*June 6th, 1990, Leytonstone

27

Alexander Rossipal

German association football player

*June 6th, 1996, Stuttgart

79

Phillip Sharp

American biologist

*June 6th, 1944, Falmouth

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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