Born on August 6
August 6 birthdays & history
If you were born on August 6, you share a birthday with Andy Warhol, Alexander Fleming and Alfred. August 6 babies are Leo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 6 is the 219th day of the year in leap years (218th in other years).
Famous people born on August 6
- 1928Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director
- 1881Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1809Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet
- 1983Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
- 1911Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman
- 1962Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
- 1868Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright
- 1917Robert Mitchum, American actor
- 1667Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician
- 1973Vera Farmiga, American actress
What happened on August 6
- 1806Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in the Austrian Empire.
- 1825The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
- 1892The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.
- 1901Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
- 1916The Paraguayan Regional Workers' Federation reorganizes itself into the Regional Workers' Center of Paraguay.
- 1926First public screening using the Vitaphone process
- 1942Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
- 1958Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, outlawing the Communist Party of Chile and banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed in Chile.
- 1960Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1965U.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.
- 1991British 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.
- 1996Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001, discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.
Also observed on August 6
- Christian holidays and observances Transfiguration of Jesus
- Christian holidays and observances Anna Maria Rubatto
- Christian holidays and observances Felicissimus and Agapitus
- Christian holidays and observances Pope Hormisdas
- Christian holidays and observances Justus and Pastor
- Christian holidays and observances Pope Sixtus II
Questions, answered
What star sign is August 6?
People born on August 6 are Leo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.
Which famous people were born on August 6?
Andy Warhol (1928), Alexander Fleming (1881), Alfred (1809), Robin van Persie (1983), Lucille Ball (1911), Michelle Yeoh (1962) were all born on August 6.
What happened on August 6 in history?
Among other things: in 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; in 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; in 1996, Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001, discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.
Can I get a newspaper front page from August 6?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 6 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 6”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.