August 6th, 1998

Born on August 6th, 1998

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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, 1998

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

25

Forrest Goodluck

American actor

*August 6th, 1998, Albuquerque

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

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

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

30

Amin Younes

German association football player

*August 6th, 1993, Düsseldorf

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

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

73

Alexander Fleming

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

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

50

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

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

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

*August 6th, 1868, Villeneuve-sur-Fère †February 23rd, 1955, Paris

70

Allan Holdsworth

English guitarist and composer (1946–2017)

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

23

Oscar Dietz

Danish actor

*August 6th, 2000, Copenhagen

27

Sanya Lopez

Filipino actress

*August 6th, 1996, Malolos

28

Kareem Hunt

American football player (born 1995)

*August 6th, 1995, Willoughby

47

Melissa George

Australian-American actress

*August 6th, 1976, Perth

63

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

22

Youssef Badawy

Egyptian karateka

*August 6th, 2001, Cairo

Same year
Born in 1998

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

25

Jack Harlow

American rapper (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

25

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

25

Pornpawee Chochuwong

Badminton player

*January 22nd, 1998, Rayong

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

25

Zé Felipe

Brazilian sertanejo singer

*April 21st, 1998, Goiânia

25

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

25

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

25

Elle Fanning

American actress

*April 9th, 1998, Conyers

24

Hugo Helmig

Danish singer-songwriter

*July 24th, 1998, Aarhus †November 23rd, 2022

25

Paulo Londra

Argentinian rapper and singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

24

Kylian Mbappé

French association football player

*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris

25

Ariela Barer

American actor and singer

*October 14th, 1998, United States of America

25

Ng Tsz Yau

Badminton player from Hong Kong

*April 24th, 1998, Hong Kong

25

Chen Xiaoxin

Badminton player

*April 24th, 1998, Nanning

25

Zhou Haodong

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

25

Rodion Alimov

Russian badminton player

*April 21st, 1998, Ufa

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1998 is a normal year and no leap year.

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