December 6th, 1955

Born on December 6th, 1955

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

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What happened on December 6th?

December 6th, 2015

In the Venezuelan parliamentary election, the ruling United Socialist Party lost control of the National Assembly for the first time in 16 years.

December 6th, 2005

An Iranian Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft crashed into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing over 100 people.

December 6th, 1999

The Recording Industry Association of America filed a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer file sharing network Napster, alleging that the service facilitated widespread copyright infringement.

December 6th, 1992

The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, was demolished by Hindu Kar Sevaks, who believed that it was built on the birthplace of Rama.

December 6th, 1990

An Italian Air Force military jet, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.

December 6th, 1989

Claiming to be "fighting feminism", 25-year-old Marc Lépine killed fourteen women before committing suicide at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Canada.

December 6th, 1982

The Irish National Liberation Army exploded a time bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British Army soldiers and six civilians.

December 6th, 1975

Four members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army took two people hostage in a house on Balcombe Street in London, surrendering six days later.

December 6th, 1957

The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite failed with an explosion on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

December 6th, 1956

At the Melbourne Olympics, 14-year-old swimmer Sandra Morgan became the youngest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal.

December 6th, 1942

The Holocaust: Members of German Ordnungspolizei massacred 31 people in occupied Poland for helping Jews.

December 6th, 1941

The British Secret Intelligence Service established a facility known as Camp X (pictured) in Ontario, Canada, to train covert agents in clandestine operations.

December 6th, 1917

World War I: USS Jacob Jones became the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it was torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.

December 6th, 1912

The Nefertiti Bust, listed among the "Top 10 Plundered Artifacts" by Time, was found in Amarna, Egypt, before being taken to Germany.

December 6th, 1907

A mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia, killed 362 people and led to the establishment of the United States Bureau of Mines.

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

Born on December 6th, 1955

68

Steven Wright

American comedian

*December 6th, 1955, Cambridge

68

Edward Tudor-Pole

British actor

*December 6th, 1955, Lambeth

68

Graeme Hughes

Australian cricketer, and rugby league footballer

*December 6th, 1955, Stanmore

68

Tish Hinojosa

American singer-songwriter

*December 6th, 1955, San Antonio

68

Anne Begg

British politician (born 1955)

*December 6th, 1955, Brechin

68

Bright Sheng

Chinese-American composer, conductor, and pianist

*December 6th, 1955, Shanghai

68

Rick Buckler

British musician

*December 6th, 1955, Woking

68

Tony Woodcock

English footballer (born 1955)

*December 6th, 1955, Eastwood

68

Tadeusz Sudnik

Polish musician and composer

*December 6th, 1955, Warsaw

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

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

65

Nick Park

British animator and filmmaker

*December 6th, 1958, Weavers Yard

66

Andrew Cuomo

Governor of New York from 2011 to 2021

*December 6th, 1957, Queens

58

Şiir Eloğlu

Turkish actress

*December 6th, 1965, Istanbul

41

Alberto Contador

Spanish professional cyclist

*December 6th, 1982, Madrid

64

Stephen Hepburn

British politician (born 1959)

*December 6th, 1959, Jarrow

38

Dulce María

Mexican actress

*December 6th, 1985, Mexico City

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

67

Peter Buck

American musician; guitarist for R.E.M., songwriter, record producer

*December 6th, 1956, Berkeley

83

Alicia Machado

Actress, TV show host, singer, Miss Universe 1996 and Miss Venezuela 1995

*December 6th, 1940, Maracay

54

Irene Grandi

Italian singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, actress and television host

*December 6th, 1969, Florence

81

Peter Handke

Nobel laureate in Literature & Austrian writer, playwright and film director

*December 6th, 1942, Griffen

78

James Naughton

American actor and director

*December 6th, 1945, Middletown

69

Steve Swell

American musician

*December 6th, 1954, Newark

51

Ewan Birney

English biologist and bioinformatician

*December 6th, 1972, Paddington

40

Matthias Ilgen

German politician

*December 6th, 1983, Husum

60

Martin Hirsch

French civil servant

*December 6th, 1963, Suresnes

69

Chelsea Brown

American actress

*December 6th, 1947, Chicago †March 27th, 2017, Chicago

73

Joe Hisaishi

Japanese composer, conductor, pianist (1950-)

*December 6th, 1950, Nakano

Same year
Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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