August 6th, 1965

Born on August 6th, 1965

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What happened on August 6th, 1965?

August 6th, 1965

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

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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.

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What else 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

On approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill, 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, 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, 2015

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

August 6th, 2012

NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

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

Born on August 6th, 1965

58

Luc Alphand

French alpine skier and racing car driver

*August 6th, 1965, Briançon

58

David Robinson

American basketball player

*August 6th, 1965, Key West

58

Yuki Kajiura

Japanese composer and music producer

*August 6th, 1965, Tokyo

58

Juliane Köhler

German actress

*August 6th, 1965, Göttingen

58

Olivier Megaton

French film director

*August 6th, 1965, Issy-les-Moulineaux

58

Thomas Schönlebe

German sprinter

*August 6th, 1965, Frauenstein

58

James Delingpole

English writer

*August 6th, 1965, Alvechurch

58

Jeremy Ratchford

Canadian actor

*August 6th, 1965, Kitchener

58

Stéphane Peterhansel

French racecar driver and motorcycle rider

*August 6th, 1965, Échenoz-la-Méline

58

Cherno Jobatey

German television presenter and journalist

*August 6th, 1965, Berlin

58

Vince Wells

English cricketer (born 1965)

*August 6th, 1965, Dartford

57

Rudel Obreja

Romanian boxer (1965–2023)

*August 6th, 1965, Galați †March 12th, 2023, Bucharest

58

De'voreaux White

American actor

*August 6th, 1965, Los Angeles County

58

Chin Kar-lok

Hong Kong actor and action choreographer

*August 6th, 1965, Hong Kong

51

Dirk Vallée

German university teacher (1965-2017)

*August 6th, 1965, Millingen †May 3rd, 2017, Aachen

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61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

25

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

53

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

63

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

40

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

59

Kevin Mitnick

American hacker (1963–2023)

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

69

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

38

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

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

56

Marcel Wüst

German road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1967, Cologne

50

Asia Carrera

American pornographic actress

*August 6th, 1973, New York City

42

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

71

Hans-Jörn Arp

German politician

*August 6th, 1952, Wacken

50

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

59

Gary Valenciano

Filipino musician (born 1964)

*August 6th, 1964, Manila

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 1965

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

58

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

Danish badminton player and administrator

*September 20th, 1965, Esbønderup

58

Dmitry Medvedev

President of Russia from 2008 to 2012

*September 14th, 1965, Saint Petersburg

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

58

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

*June 12th, 1965, Hamburg †August 26th, 2013, Berlin

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

*July 23rd, 1965, Freiberg †June 24th, 2019, Dresden

58

Zhao Jianhua

Badminton player

*April 21st, 1965, Nantong

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

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No: With 365 days 1965 is a normal year and no leap year.

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