August 6th, 1963

Born on August 6th, 1963

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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 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

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, 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 dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), 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, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

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

Born on August 6th, 1963

59

Kevin Mitnick

American hacker (1963–2023)

*August 6th, 1963, Van Nuys †July 16th, 2023, Pittsburgh

62

Walter Schübler

Austrian author

*August 6th, 1963, Laakirchen

62

Simone Solga

German actress

*August 6th, 1963, Gera

62

Charles Ingram

British fraudster

*August 6th, 1963, Derbyshire

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Born in 1963

63

Xuxa

Brazilian television presenter, actress, singer and former model and Wiggles member

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

62

Uwe Steimle

German actor

*June 20th, 1963, Dresden

63

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

63

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

62

Shane Reti

New Zealand politician and doctor

*June 5th, 1963, Hamilton

63

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

63

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician (1963–2017)

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

63

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

63

Artur Auernhammer

German politician

*March 9th, 1963, Oberhochstatt

62

Johnny Depp

American actor (born 1963)

*June 9th, 1963, Owensboro

63

Johann Wadephul

German politician

*February 10th, 1963, Husum

63

Roger Lewentz

German politician

*March 19th, 1963, Lahnstein

62

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

63

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

48

Whitney Houston

American singer, actress, and film producer (1963–2012)

*August 9th, 1963, Newark †February 11th, 2012, The Beverly Hilton

63

Martín Vizcarra

President of Peru from 2018 to 2020

*March 22nd, 1963, Lima

63

Karl Lauterbach

German politician and Federal Minister of Health

*February 21st, 1963, Düren

62

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

53

George Michael

British singer (1963–2016)

*June 25th, 1963, East Finchley †December 25th, 2016, Goring-on-Thames

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No: With 365 days 1963 is a normal year and no leap year.

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