What happened on August 6 ?

1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)

1504 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)

1619 - Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)

1638 - Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)

1644 - Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)

1656 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)

1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)

1715 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)

1766 - William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)

1768 - Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)

1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)

1844 - James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)

1844 - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)

1868 - Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)

1874 - Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)

1877 - Wallace H. White, Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (d. 1952)

1880 - Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)

1881 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)

1881 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1955)

1881 - Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)

1889 - John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)

1889 - George Kenney, American Air Force General

1892 - Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)

1893 - Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)

1900 - Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist and businessman (d.2003)

1902 - Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger and gangster (d. 1935)

1904 - Henry Iba, basketball coach (d. 1993)

1905 - Clara Bow, American actress and silent film star(d. 1965)

1908 - Helen Jacobs, American tennis player

1908 - Will Lee, American actor

1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)

1916 - Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)

1916 - Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and Prime Minister

1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)

1918 - Norman Granz, American jazz musician

1921 - Ella Raines, American actress

1922 - Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur

1923 - Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)

1927 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)

1930 - Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer

1932 - Howard Hodgkin, British painter and print-maker

1934 - Piers Anthony, English writer

1937 - Barbara Windsor, English actress

1938 - Paul Bartel, American actor, writer, and director (d. 2000)

1938 - Peter Bonerz, American actor and director

1940 - Mukhu Aliyev, President of Dagestan

1941 - Lyle Berman, American poker player

1943 - Jon Postel, computer scientist

1945 - Andy Messersmith, baseball pitcher

1946 - Allan Holdsworth, British fusion guitarist and composer

1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea

1946 - Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian

1949 - Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman

1949 - Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu

1950 - Dorian Harewood, American actor

1951 - Daryl Somers, Australian television personality

1957 - Jim McGreevey, Governor of New Jersey

1957 - Bob Horner, baseball player

1962 - Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress

1963 - Kevin Mitnick, computer hacker

1965 - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer

1965 - David Robinson, Basketball Player

1967 - Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko)

1969 - Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)

1969 - Cactvs Chris, American/British musician and writer

1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born film director, writer, producer, and actor

1971 - Merrin Dungey, American actress

1972 - Geri Halliwell, British singer

1973 - Asia Carrera, American actress

1975 - Jamie McGonnigal, American actor, director, producer

1976 - Melissa George, Australian actress

1978 - Marisa Miller, American model

1978 - Billy Klippert, Canadian singer

1981 - Vitantonio Liuzzi, Formula One Driver

1981 - Liliana Domínguez, Mexican supermodel

1982 - Adrianne Curry, American model

1982 - Ryan Sypek, American actor

1983 - Robin van Persie, Dutch football player

1985 - Steve Williams, single circuit Stock Car racer

1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, American beauty queen and murder victim (d. 1996)