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April 6, 1980 Matthew Thomas Carey, actor, Once You Meet a Stranger April 6, 1979 Ali Burr, Miss North Carolina Teen USA 1997 April 6, 1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael April 6, 1976 Candace H. Cameron Bure, actress, DJ Tanner-Full House April 6, 1976 Candace Cameron, American Actress April 6, 1975 Zach Braff, American Actor April 6, 1973 Donnie Edwards, linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs April 6, 1973 Randall Godfrey, linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys April 6, 1972 Dickey Simpkins, NBA forward, SF Warriors, Chicago Bulls April 6, 1972 Donald Blair, CFL slot back for the Edmonton Eskimos April 6, 1972 Hurvin McCormack, NFL defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys April 6, 1972 Jason Hervey, actor, Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years April 6, 1971 Anthony Redmon, guard for the Arizona Cardinals April 6, 1971 Tamara Henry, Miss USA-Arkansas 1997 April 6, 1971 Tom Sorensen, born in Racine, Wisconsin, volleyball middle blocker 1996 Olympics April 6, 1971 Vivian Y. Herding, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Miss America New Mexico 1996 April 6, 1970 Olaf Kolzig, born in Johannesbourg, South Africa, NHL goalie for the Washington Capitals April 6, 1970 Oliver Miller, NBA forward and center for the Toronto Raptors April 6, 1969 Andy Harmon, NFL defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles April 6, 1969 Ari Meyers, born in San Juan PR, actress, Emma McArdle-Kate and Allie April 6, 1969 Bret Boone, born in El Cajon, California, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds April 6, 1969 Brian Williams, NBA center and forward, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers April 6, 1968 Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper 1996 Olympics April 6, 1967 Derrick Fenner, NFL running back for the Oakland Raiders April 6, 1966 Kymberly Paige, born in Newport Beach, California, playmate, May, 1987 April 6, 1965 Gerald Diduck, born in Edmonton, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers April 6, 1965 Rica Reinisch, born in German DR, 100m/200m backstroke, 1980 Olympics gold April 6, 1965 Virginia Lee, Australian rower 1996 Olympics April 6, 1965 Frank Black, American Musician April 6, 1964 Bill Brooks, NFL wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills April 6, 1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer, Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra April 6, 1963 Lorenzo Lynch, NFL safety, Arizona Cardinals, Oakland Raiders April 6, 1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There April 6, 1961 Mike Schuchart, born in Omaha, Nebraska, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Tour Championship April 6, 1961 Rory Bremner, impressionist April 6, 1959 Dianne Brill, born in Tampa, fashion designer and party girl, Queen of the Night April 6, 1957 Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker, 30K World Record April 6, 1956 Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1976-92 April 6, 1956 Mudassar Nazar, cricketer, son of Nazar Mohammad Pakistani bat April 6, 1954 Judi Bowker, born in Shawford, England, actress, Clash of the Titans April 6, 1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater, 1972 Olympics bronze April 6, 1953 Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor April 6, 1952 Judith McConnell, actress, Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara April 6, 1952 Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade April 6, 1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo April 6, 1952 Clayton Christensen, American Businessman April 6, 1951 Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love April 6, 1950 Dennis E. Eckart, Rep-D-OH, 1981- April 6, 1949 Jane Actman, born in New York City, actress, Barbara-Paul Lynde Show April 6, 1949 Mary Maples Dunn, college president, Smith College April 6, 1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP, VVD April 6, 1947 John Ratzenberger, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Cliff Clavin-Cheers April 6, 1947 Tony Cooner, born in Essex, drummer, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing April 6, 1946 Paul Beresford, MP April 6, 1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician and singer, Whalers-No Woman April 6, 1945 Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist April 6, 1945 Neal Boortz, American Journalist April 6, 1944 Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano April 6, 1944 John Stax, rocker, Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down April 6, 1944 Michelle Phillips, rocker, Mamas and The Papas April 6, 1943 Harry Conroy, trade unionist April 6, 1943 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist April 6, 1943 Roger Cook, investigative journalist and broadcaster April 6, 1943 Susan Tolsky, born in Houston, actress, Madame's Place, Here Comes the Brides April 6, 1942 Phil Austin, comedian, Firesign Theater April 6, 1941 Hans W. Geissendorfer, born in Augsburg, Germany, director, Sternsteinhof April 6, 1940 Anne Campbell, MP April 6, 1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet, La Tumba de Filidor April 6, 1938 Paul Daniels, British magician April 6, 1938 Roy Thinnes, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Invaders, Falcon Crest, General Hospital April 6, 1937 Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back April 6, 1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days April 6, 1937 Tom Veivers, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in the 60's April 6, 1936 Manfred Schoof, composer April 6, 1935 Duke of Montrose April 6, 1935 John Pepper Clark, born in Nigeria, writer, Horn, Song of a Goat April 6, 1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold April 6, 1934 Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer April 6, 1933 Dudley Sutton, British actor, Leather Boys, Brimstone and Treacle April 6, 1931 Ivan Dixon, born in New York City, actor, Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes April 6, 1931 Joan Carlyle, British soprano April 6, 1931 Ram Dass, American Psychologist April 6, 1929 "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster April 6, 1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist April 6, 1929 Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers April 6, 1929 Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer April 6, 1929 Li Yuan-chia, artist April 6, 1929 Willis Hall, British writer April 6, 1928 James D. Watson, chemist, co-discovered structure of DNA April 6, 1928 Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show April 6, 1927 David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent at Canterbury April 6, 1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orch leader, Jazz on a Summer Day April 6, 1926 Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP April 6, 1926 Gil Kane, American Artist April 6, 1925 Arthur D. Larsen, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1950 April 6, 1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice April 6, 1925 Marcus Worsley, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire April 6, 1922 Barry Levinson, director, Rain Man April 6, 1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer April 6, 1921 Franta Belsky, British sculptor April 6, 1921 Lord Moore of Wolvercote April 6, 1920 Bernard Carter, British painter and etcher April 6, 1920 Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss Scientist April 6, 1918 Joan Bernard, Principal, Trevelyan College, Durham April 6, 1918 Karen Verne, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Madame X April 6, 1917 Julian Faber, CEO, Willis Faber April 6, 1917 Shakey, [Walter Horton], Mississippi, harmonicist, Everybody's Fishin' April 6, 1914 George Reeves, born in Ashland, Kentucky, actor, Superman, Gone With the Wind April 6, 1912 Endre Szekely, composer April 6, 1912 Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar, actor and director, Don Carlos April 6, 1911 Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer April 6, 1910 Desmond Dreyer, British admiral April 6, 1908 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer April 6, 1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984, Mount Zion April 6, 1904 Kurt G. Kiesinger, German chancellor, Wherever They May Be April 6, 1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer April 6, 1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, .320 avg April 6, 1902 Gertrude Short, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus April 6, 1901 Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer and music reviewer April 6, 1900 Andres Sas, composer April 6, 1900 Leo Robin, U.S. writer, Thanks For the Memory April 6, 1898 Bobby Gilbert, PA April 6, 1896 Juan Tomas Perez, composer April 6, 1895 Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter April 6, 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, U.S., aircraft pioneer, McConnell Douglas April 6, 1892 Lowell Thomas, born in Woodington, Ohio, newscaster, High Adventure April 6, 1892 Mateusz Glinski, composer April 6, 1890 Andre L. Danjon, French astronomer April 6, 1890 Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider April 6, 1889 Barry Macollum, born in Northern Ireland April 6, 1889 Gabriela Mistral, writer April 6, 1888 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer, Svarta Ballader April 6, 1885 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer April 6, 1884 Walter Huston, actor, Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre April 6, 1883 Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress April 6, 1878 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer April 6, 1878 Erich Muhsam, writer April 6, 1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria April 6, 1869 Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter April 6, 1866 Butch Cassidy, U.S. desperado, Wild Bunch Passage April 6, 1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities April 6, 1866 Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist April 6, 1860 Rene Lalique, French jewel designer April 6, 1844 Joseph Ludwig, composer April 6, 1835 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer April 6, 1833 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist, Sanskrit, Old Javan April 6, 1830 James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop April 6, 1828 Charles William Field, Major General Confederate Army, died in 1892 April 6, 1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter April 6, 1823 Joseph Medill, born in St. John, Canada, newspaper editor, Chicago Tribune April 6, 1819 Johann A. H. Scheler, Belgian librarian April 6, 1818 Francis Henry Brown, composer April 6, 1815 Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer April 6, 1812 Aaron Bernstein, writer April 6, 1812 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer April 6, 1810 Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer, Omphalos April 6, 1806 Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, poet April 6, 1778 Joseph Funk, composer April 6, 1773 James Mill, born in Scotland, philosopher and historian, History of British India April 6, 1757 Alessandro Rolla, composer April 6, 1752 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer April 6, 1741 Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright, Maximes April 6, 1708 George Reuter, composer April 6, 1672 Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer April 6, 1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright and poet, Sacred Odes and Songs April 6, 1660 Johann Kuhnau, composer April 6, 1631 Vincenzo De Grandis, composer April 6, 1483 Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter and master builder, Madonna Sistina |
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