August 6th, 1978

Born on August 6th, 1978

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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, 1978

46

Marisa Miller

American model

*August 6th, 1978, Santa Cruz

46

Lee Ji-ah

South Korean actress

*August 6th, 1978, Seoul

46

Rolando Zárate

Argentine footballer

*August 6th, 1978, Haedo

46

Marvel Smith

Player of American football

*August 6th, 1978, Oakland

46

Freeway

American rapper from Pennsylvania

*August 6th, 1978, Philadelphia

46

Andrija Milošević

Serbian actor from Montenegro

*August 6th, 1978, Podgorica

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

44

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

26

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

41

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

43

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

47

Ashlie Atkinson

American actress

*August 6th, 1977, Little Rock

39

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

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

62

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

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

51

Asia Carrera

American pornographic actress

*August 6th, 1973, New York City

54

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

51

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

48

Melissa George

Australian actress

*August 6th, 1976, Perth

51

Stuart O'Grady

Australian cyclist

*August 6th, 1973, Adelaide

70

Jürgen Owczarzak

German association football player

*August 6th, 1954, Stuttgart

64

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

31

Amin Younes

German association football player

*August 6th, 1993, Düsseldorf

43

Diána Póth

Figure skater

*August 6th, 1981, Budapest

52

Geri Horner

English singer and actress

*August 6th, 1972, Watford General Hospital

44

Vitantonio Liuzzi

Italian racing driver

*August 6th, 1980, Locorotondo

Same year
Born in 1978

46

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

46

Miroslav Klose

German professional football manager and fornite player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

46

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog Municipality

46

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

46

Gaby Amarantos

Brazilian singer

*August 1st, 1978, Belém

46

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Markus Wingenbach

German association football referee

*November 26th, 1978, Diez

46

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

46

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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