The 6t o August is the 218t day o the year (219t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 147 days ti come.
Events
Births
- 1667 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathemateecian (d. 1748)
- 1697 - Charles VII, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
- 1775 - Daniel O'Connell, Erse politeecian (d. 1847)
- 1809 - Alfred Tennyson, Inglis poet (d. 1892)
- 1868 - Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)
- 1881 - Sir Alexander Fleming, Scots biologist an pharmacologist (d. 1955)
- 1890 - Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13t Yerl o Leevin, Scots peer an sodger (d. 1947)
- 1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1928 - Andy Warhol, American airtist (d. 1987)
- 1934 - Piers Anthony, Inglis fantasy an science feection author
- 1937 - Charlie Haden, American muisicker (d. 2014)
- 1937 - Dame Barbara Windsor, Inglis actress
- 1949 - Erich Schaedler, Scots fitbawer (d. 1985)
- 1952 - David McLetchie, Scots politeecian (d. 2013)
- 1962 - Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress
- 1962 - Marc Lavoine, French actor an sangster
- 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director
- 1972 - Geri Halliwell, Inglis pop sangster
- 1980 - Roman Weidenfeller, German fitbawer
- 1983 - Robin van Persie, Dutch fitbawer
- 1986 - Arno Cost (Vadim Constantin), French DJ an house muisic producer
- 1987 - Leanne Crichton, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 258 - Pape Sixtus II
- 523 - Pape Hormisdas (b. 450)
- 1221 - Saunt Dominic, Castilian priest an foonder o the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
- 1660 - Diego Velázquez, Spaingie penter (b. 1599)
- 1694 - Antoine Arnauld, French mathemateecian an philosopher (b. 1612)
- 1809 - James Anderson, Scots medicinar an botanist (b. 1738)
- 1879 - Johann von Lamont, Scots-German astronomer an pheesicist (b. 1805)
- 1949 - David Taylor, Scots fitbawer (b. 1883)
- 1969 - Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher, sociologist an componer (b. 1903)
- 1973 - Fulgencio Batista, Preses o Cuba (b. 1901)
- 1978 - Pape Paul VI (b. 1897)
- 1994 - Domenico Modugno, Italian sangster (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Robin Cook, Scots politeecian (b. 1946)
Halidays