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 1945 : The atomic bomb ower Hiroshima 1962: Banner o Jamaica
Births Alexander Fleming Lucille Ball 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 Banner o Bolivie
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