June 6th, 1948

Born on June 6th, 1948

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, 1948

69

Jürgen Marcus

German singer

*June 6th, 1948, Herne †May 17th, 2018, Munich

68

Cecilia Hart

American actress (1948-2016)

*June 6th, 1948, Cheyenne †October 16th, 2016, Dutchess County

75

Libor Dvořák

Czech publicist and translator (*1948)

*June 6th, 1948, Cheb

75

Arlene Harris

American inventor

*June 6th, 1948, Los Angeles

75

Barry Maister

Field hockey player

*June 6th, 1948, Christchurch

75

Rocco Buttiglione

Italian politician

*June 6th, 1948, Gallipoli

75

Hugh McKinnis

Player of American and Canadian football

*June 6th, 1948, Sharon

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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

72

Dwight Twilley

American singer

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

69

Harvey Fierstein

American actor and playwright

*June 6th, 1954, Brooklyn

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

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

64

Colin Quinn

American comedian and actor

*June 6th, 1959, Brooklyn

67

Björn Borg

Swedish tennis player

*June 6th, 1956, Stockholm

79

Tommie Smith

American track and field athlete

*June 6th, 1944, Clarksville

65

Chantal Akerman

Belgian film director (1950–2015)

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

89

Albert II of Belgium

Sixth king of the Belgians

*June 6th, 1934, Laeken - Laken

74

Holly Near

American actress, singer and activist

*June 6th, 1949, Ukiah

55

David Dukes

American character actor (1945–2000)

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

80

Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

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

62

Richard Smalley

American chemist

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

89

George Deukmejian

Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

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

62

Michel Dernies

Belgian cyclist

*June 6th, 1961, Nivelles

63

Arthur Shawcross

American serial killer

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

56

Max Casella

American actor

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

69

Sukarno

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

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

71

Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

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

33

Gavin Hoyte

English-Trinidadian footballer (born 1990)

*June 6th, 1990, Leytonstone

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Born on June 6th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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