August 6th, 2024

Born on August 6th, 2024

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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

26

Einar Lurås Oftebro

Norwegian nordic combined skier

*August 6th, 1998, Norway

44

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

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

41

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

*August 6th, 1983, Rotterdam

62

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

39

Bafétimbi Gomis

French-Senegalese association football player

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

78

Silvano Basagni

Italian sport shooter (1938-2017)

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

70

Allan Holdsworth

British musician (1946–2017)

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

43

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

*August 6th, 1981, Queens

58

Andy Warhol

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

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

70

Jürgen Owczarzak

German association football player

*August 6th, 1954, Stuttgart

54

M. Night Shyamalan

American screenwriter, film director and producer

*August 6th, 1970, Mahé

64

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

*August 6th, 1960, Valladolid

82

Jan Kubr

Czechoslovak biker

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

73

Alexander Fleming

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

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

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

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

31

Amin Younes

German association football player

*August 6th, 1993, Düsseldorf

51

Asia Carrera

American pornographic actress

*August 6th, 1973, New York City

72

Hans-Jörn Arp

German politician

*August 6th, 1952, Wacken

51

Vera Farmiga

American actress

*August 6th, 1973, Clifton

47

Ashlie Atkinson

American actress

*August 6th, 1977, Little Rock

52

Geri Horner

English singer and actress

*August 6th, 1972, Watford General Hospital

87

Gordon Freeth

Australian politician and diplomat (1914–2001)

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

48

Melissa George

Australian actress

*August 6th, 1976, Perth

77

Lucille Ball

American actress (1911–1989)

*August 6th, 1911, Jamestown †April 26th, 1989, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

51

Stuart O'Grady

Australian cyclist

*August 6th, 1973, Adelaide

38

Jérôme Coppel

Road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1986, Annemasse

39

Mickaël Delage

Road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1985, Libourne

40

Vedad Ibišević

Bosnian association football player

*August 6th, 1984, Vlasenica

59

Kevin Mitnick

American hacker (1963–2023)

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

59

Luc Alphand

French alpine skier and racing car driver

*August 6th, 1965, Briançon

46

Marisa Miller

American model

*August 6th, 1978, Santa Cruz

89

Frank Finlay

British actor (1926–2016)

*August 6th, 1926, Farnworth †January 30th, 2016, Weybridge

42

Gaël Faye

Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer

*August 6th, 1982, Bujumbura

64

Philippe Omnès

Fencer

*August 6th, 1960, Paris

43

Diána Póth

Figure skater

*August 6th, 1981, Budapest

57

Marcel Wüst

German road bicycle racer

*August 6th, 1967, Cologne

74

Dorian Harewood

American actor (born 1950)

*August 6th, 1950, Dayton

67

Faith Prince

American actress

*August 6th, 1957, Augusta

49

Mohammad Najibullah

4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

*August 6th, 1947, Gardēz †September 27th, 1996, Kabul

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