August 6th, 2012

Born on August 6th, 2012

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What happened on August 6th, 2012?

August 6th, 2012

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

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, 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, 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

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

25

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

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

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

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

50

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

30

Amin Younes

German association football player

*August 6th, 1993, Düsseldorf

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

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

53

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

42

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

70

Allan Holdsworth

English guitarist and composer (1946–2017)

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

63

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

58

Andy Warhol

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

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

47

Melissa George

Australian-American actress

*August 6th, 1976, Perth

50

Vanessa Gerbelli

Brazilian actress

*August 6th, 1973, São Bernardo do Campo

51

Geri Horner

English singer and actress

*August 6th, 1972, Watford General Hospital

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11

Countess Athena of Monpezat

Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*January 24th, 2012, Rigshospitalet

7

Grumpy Cat

Cat and Internet meme celebrity

*April 4th, 2012, Morristown †May 14th, 2019, Morristown

11

Norodom Jenna

Princess of Cambodia

*March 11th, 2012, Paris

11

Blue Ivy Carter

American singer and daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé

*January 7th, 2012, New York City

11

Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Daughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

*February 23rd, 2012, Karolinska University Hospital

11

Everleigh McDonell

American actress

*August 31st, 2012, California

11

Logan Moreau

American actor and voice actor

*January 27th, 2012, Los Angeles

11

Sebastian Benedict

Actor

*August 22nd, 2012, General Santos

11

Caoilinn Springall

American actress

*November 30th, 2012, California

11

Penelope Disick

Child of Kourtney Kardashian Scott Disick

*July 8th, 2012, Los Angeles

11

Julianna Gamiz

American actress

*January 3rd, 2012, Downey

11

Juju Journey Brener

American actress

*February 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

11

Lilah-Rose Rodriguez

American actress

*February 29th, 2012, Redwood City

11

Tucker Wilkerson

American actor and voice actor

*September 18th, 2012, Westport

11

Isla Phillips

Granddaughter of Anne, Princess Royal; great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II

*March 29th, 2012, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

3

Alan Kurdi

Three-year-old who died from capsized boat August 2015

*May 4th, 2012, Kobanî †September 2nd, 2015, Bodrum

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Leap year

Yes: 2012 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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