August 6th, 1980

Born on August 6th, 1980

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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

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, 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, 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.

August 6th, 2011

War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.

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

Born on August 6th, 1980

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

43

Debi Nova

Costa Rican musician

*August 6th, 1980, San José

43

Rory Scovel

American comedian

*August 6th, 1980, Greenville

43

Wilber Pan

Taiwanese-American singer, actor and entrepreneur

*August 6th, 1980, West Virginia

43

Seneca Wallace

American football player

*August 6th, 1980, Sacramento

43

Leo Alkemade

Dutch actor and cabaret artist

*August 6th, 1980, Loon op Zand

43

Monique Ganderton

Canadian stunt woman

*August 6th, 1980, Edmonton

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

40

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

38

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

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

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

42

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

53

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

50

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

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

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

45

Marisa Miller

American model

*August 6th, 1978, Santa Cruz

42

José Ron

Mexican actor

*August 6th, 1981, Colombia

47

Melissa George

Australian-American actress

*August 6th, 1976, Perth

87

Gordon Freeth

Australian politician and diplomat (1914–2001)

*August 6th, 1914, Angaston †November 27th, 2001, Perth

59

Kevin Mitnick

American hacker (1963–2023)

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

39

Sofia Essaïdi

French-Moroccan singer

*August 6th, 1984, Casablanca

52

Conor McPherson

Irish playwright and director

*August 6th, 1971, Dublin

30

Amin Younes

German association football player

*August 6th, 1993, Düsseldorf

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

41

Adrianne Curry

American fashion model, actress and television personality

*August 6th, 1982, Joliet

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

43

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Cai Yun

Badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Chris Pine

American actor

*August 26th, 1980, Los Angeles

42

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

43

Channing Tatum

American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)

*April 26th, 1980, Cullman

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Macaulay Culkin

American actor and singer

*August 26th, 1980, Manhattan

43

Lin-Manuel Miranda

American actor

*January 16th, 1980, Manhattan

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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