August 6th, 1964

Born on August 6th, 1964

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 Mohamed 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 (pictured with crew) dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 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, 2015

A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

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

Born on August 6th, 1964

60

Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo

Nigerian journalist, blogger and activist

*August 6th, 1964, Ibadan

60

Anouschka Renzi

German actress

*August 6th, 1964, Berlin

60

Gary Valenciano

Filipino musician (born 1964)

*August 6th, 1964, Manila

60

Vom Ritchie

British musician

*August 6th, 1964, Billericay

60

Lisa Boyle

American model, actress and photographer

*August 6th, 1964, Chicago

60

Monika Fasnacht

Swiss television presenter

*August 6th, 1964, Olten

60

Patricia Rivadeneira

Chilean actor

*August 6th, 1964, Santiago

60

Miguel Fuentes Azpiroz

Spanish football player

*August 6th, 1964, San Sebastián

60

Ali Bouafia

Algerian footballer

*August 6th, 1964, Mulhouse

60

Bill Wise

American voice actor

*August 6th, 1964, Lexington

60

Mitch Rouse

American actor

*August 6th, 1964, Knoxville

60

Moosie Drier

American actor

*August 6th, 1964, Chicago

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Who's birthday is on August 6th?

62

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

44

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

26

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

59

Kevin Mitnick

American hacker (1963–2023)

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

64

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

59

Luc Alphand

French alpine skier and racing car driver

*August 6th, 1965, Briançon

41

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

54

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

70

Jürgen Owczarzak

German association football player

*August 6th, 1954, Stuttgart

70

Allan Holdsworth

British musician (1946–2017)

*August 6th, 1946, Bradford †April 15th, 2017, Vista

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

*August 6th, 1938, Florence †May 10th, 2017, Florence

39

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

*August 6th, 1985, La Seyne-sur-Mer

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

*August 6th, 1934, Krásný Dvůr †February 11th, 2017

51

Asia Carrera

American pornographic actress

*August 6th, 1973, New York City

72

Hans-Jörn Arp

German politician

*August 6th, 1952, Wacken

61

Walter Schübler

Austrian author

*August 6th, 1963, Laakirchen

43

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

61

Simone Solga

German actress

*August 6th, 1963, Gera

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

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Born in 1964

60

David Woodard

American conductor and writer

*April 6th, 1964, Santa Barbara

60

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

60

Marit Törnqvist

Swedish writer, illustrator and translator

*January 19th, 1964, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

60

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

*June 19th, 1964, New York City

59

Maxi Mounds

American pornographic actress

*October 25th, 1964, Valley Stream

59

Kamala Harris

Vice president of the United States since 2021

*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

60

Gillian Gowers

British badminton player

*April 9th, 1964, Horfield

60

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

59

Hape Kerkeling

German comedian

*December 9th, 1964, Recklinghausen

60

Alexander Fischinger

German association football player and manager

*April 10th, 1964, Triberg im Schwarzwald

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

60

Dieter Hecking

German association football player and manager

*September 12th, 1964, Castrop-Rauxel

60

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

59

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

60

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

60

Kimiko Jinnai

Badminton player

*March 12th, 1964, Yatsushiro

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

60

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

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Leap year

Yes: 1964 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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