Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 6
Births
[edit]- 1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
- 1619 - Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)
- 1644 - Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
- 1775 - Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)
- 1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, (pictured) English poet (d. 1892)
- 1881 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
- 1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1916 - Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister (d. 2012)
- 1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
- 1940 - Mukhu Aliyev, Dagestanian politician
- 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director
Deaths
[edit]- 1221 - Saint Dominic, Spanish kl;Dominicans (b. 1170)
- 1660 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
- 1973 - Fulgencio Batista, Cuban president and de facto leader (b. 1901)
- 2005 - Robin Cook, British politician (b. 1946)