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July 6, 1981 Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics July 6, 1979 Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands July 6, 1978 Rachel Rochelli, born in Houston, Texas, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics July 6, 1978 Tamera Mowry, twin actress, Sisters July 6, 1978 Tia Mowry, twin actress, Sisters July 6, 1978 Mario Vazquez, American Celebrity July 6, 1976 Michelle Stanley, born in Littleton, Colorado, Miss America-Colorado 1997 July 6, 1976 Nikki Mott, Australian field hockey forward 1996 Olympics July 6, 1975 Curtis Jackson, American Musician July 6, 1974 Steve Sullivan, Timmins, NHL center for the New Jersey Devils July 6, 1973 Karl Ballard, WLAF linebacker for the London Monarchs July 6, 1972 Billy Davis, NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys July 6, 1971 Adam Laurent, born in Santa Cruz, California, pursuit cyclist 1996 Olympics July 6, 1971 Kari Kupcinet, born in Chicago, actress, Julie Sanderson-Young and Restless July 6, 1971 Owen Lance Bill Hughes, born in Palmerston North, NZ, kayaker 1996 Olympics July 6, 1970 Antonio Harvey, NBA center and forward for the Los Angeles Clippers July 6, 1969 Michael Grant, vocalist, Musical Youth July 6, 1969 Sophia Witherspoon, WNBA guard, New York Liberty July 6, 1968 Alvin Harper, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers July 6, 1968 Anthony Kershler, cricketer, NSW left-arm spinner 1994-95 July 6, 1967 David Whitmore, NFL strong safety for the Philadelphia Eagles July 6, 1967 Omar Olivares, born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers July 6, 1965 Glenn Scarpelli, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Alex-One Day At a Time, Fantasy July 6, 1965 Tim Camargo, jockey July 6, 1964 Lillie Leatherwood, born in Northport, Alabama, 4X400m relayer 1984 Olympics gold July 6, 1963 Edwin Gorter, soccer player, Lommel/FC Utrecht July 6, 1961 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, 100m hurdler 1984 Olympics gold July 6, 1961 Kimberly Foster, actress, It Takes Two July 6, 1960 Caroll-Ann Alie, born in Ottawa, Ontario, yachter, Olympics-14-92, 96 July 6, 1960 Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, born in Czechoslovakia, speed walker, world record 10K July 6, 1960 Lauri Merten, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, LPGA golfer, 1993 U.S. Women's Open July 6, 1960 Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner, Olympics gold 84 July 6, 1959 John Keeble, London, rock drummer, Spandau Ballet-True July 6, 1959 Tahir Naqqash, cricketer, Pakistani pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1982-85 July 6, 1958 Jennifer Saunders, born in Sleaford, England, actress, Absolutely Fabulous July 6, 1958 Mark Benson, cricketer, played Test England vs. India 1986, 30 and 21 July 6, 1958 Ossie Moore, Murwillumbah NSW, Australasia golfer July 6, 1957 Mario Martinez, born in Salinas, California, U.S. Olympic weightlifter, Olympic-4th-1988 July 6, 1957 Ron Duguay, born in Canada, hockey player, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings July 6, 1956 John Jorgenson, born in Madison, Wisconsin, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited July 6, 1956 Matt Bahr, NFL kicker, New England Patriots, New York Giants July 6, 1954 Allyce Beasley, born in Brooklyn, actress, Agnes Dipesto-Moonlighting July 6, 1954 James Kiberd, actor, Trevor Dillon-Loving, All My Children July 6, 1953 Nanci Griffith, U.S. singer and songwriter, Poet in My Window July 6, 1952 Grant Goodeve, Middlebury CT, actor, Northern Exposure July 6, 1952 Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon July 6, 1951 Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor July 6, 1950 Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer July 6, 1950 Ramon Guzman, jockey July 6, 1950 Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight, 1980 Olympics gold July 6, 1949 Shelley Hack, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel July 6, 1948 Brad Park, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins July 6, 1948 Nathalie Baye, born in Mainneville, France, actress, Beau Pere, Honeymoon July 6, 1947 Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England, actor, Porridge, Doing Time July 6, 1946 Fred Dryer, born in Hawthone, California, NFLer, New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams, actor, Hunter July 6, 1946 George W. Bush, two-term American president 2000-2008 July 6, 1946 Jamie Wyeth, Penn, artist, An American Vision-Boston July 6, 1946 Rick Hunter, actor July 6, 1946 Sylvester Stallone, born in New York City, actor and director, Rocky, Rambo, Cobra July 6, 1945 Burt Ward, [Gervis], born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Robin-Batman July 6, 1945 Rik Elswit, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show-In the Right Place July 6, 1944 Byron Berline, rocker July 6, 1944 Gunhild Hoffmeister, German FR, 800m/1500m runner, Oly-silver-72 July 6, 1940 Viktor Kuzkin, U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Olympics gold 1964, 68, 72 July 6, 1939 Helena Dupont, U.S., equestrian 3-day even, Olympic-33rd place-1964 July 6, 1939 Jet Harris, born in London, rock bassist, Drifters July 6, 1939 Man Mohan Sood, cricketer, scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India July 6, 1939 Mary Peters, born in England, pentathlete, Olympics gold 1972 July 6, 1938 Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader, Masumbuku July 6, 1937 Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker, Duke of Earl July 6, 1937 Ned Beatty, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Deliverance, Repossed, Network July 6, 1937 Tony Lewis, cricketer, England batsman, captain 1972-73 July 6, 1937 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961 July 6, 1935 Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader July 6, 1932 Della Reese, Detroit, singer and actress, Della Reese Show, Royal Family July 6, 1931 Donal Donnelly, Bradford Yorkshire England, actor, Dead July 6, 1931 Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader July 6, 1930 Francoise Mallet-Joris, [F Lilar], Belgian writer, Signs and Wonders July 6, 1930 H J Heise, writer July 6, 1929 Gerd Zacher, composer July 6, 1927 Charles Whittenberg, composer July 6, 1927 Janet Leigh, born in Merced, California, actress, Psycho July 6, 1927 Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/president candidate, Smothers Bros Show July 6, 1927 Susan Cabot, Boston, actress, Carnival Rock July 6, 1927 [Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master July 6, 1926 Nicky Hilton, 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor July 6, 1926 Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman July 6, 1925 Bill Haley, Highland Park, Michigan, rock vocalist, Rock Around the Clock July 6, 1925 Huub H Jacobse, member of Dutch 2nd chamber, Liberal July 6, 1925 Merv Griffin, San Mateo California, TV host, Merv Griffin Show July 6, 1924 Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15 July 6, 1923 Cathy O'Donnell, Siluria AL, actress, Miniver Story, Man from Laramie July 6, 1923 Marie McDonald, Burgin, Kentucky, singer and actress, Promises Promises July 6, 1923 Nancy Reagan, New York City, 1st Lady, 1981-89 July 6, 1923 Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/president, 1989-90 July 6, 1922 Francisco Moncion, dancer July 6, 1922 William Schallert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Patty Duke Show, Get Smart July 6, 1920 William Worthington, horse trainer July 6, 1919 Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer/Alzheimer disease activist July 6, 1919 Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor, Stadtische Oper Berlin July 6, 1918 Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet, Crossing July 6, 1918 Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist/prof, Eastman School of Music July 6, 1918 Sebastian Cabot, London, actor, Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine July 6, 1917 Hugo Cole, composer July 6, 1917 Hugo Yarnold, cricketer, Worcestershire keeper and Test umpire July 6, 1917 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete July 6, 1916 Unica Zurn, writer July 6, 1915 Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair, New Jersey, soprano, Time to Sing, Chevy Show July 6, 1915 Laverne Andrews, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, singer, Andrews Sisters July 6, 1915 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon July 6, 1914 Jens Rohiner, composer July 6, 1908 Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor July 6, 1907 Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera July 6, 1906 Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer July 6, 1906 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse, Battle of Arnhem July 6, 1904 Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma July 6, 1903 Axel Theorell, Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes, Nobel 1955 July 6, 1900 Emil Barth, writer July 6, 1898 Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/German DR-minister for propaganda July 6, 1897 Richard Krautheimer, art Historian July 6, 1896 Thomas W. McKnew, president, National Geographic Society July 6, 1893 Wilton St. Hill, WI cricketer, 3 Tests 1928-30 July 6, 1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot July 6, 1890 Andrew Sandham, cricketer, Test cricket's 1st triple centurion July 6, 1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid July 6, 1886 Marc Bloch, French Historian July 6, 1884 Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist July 6, 1884 Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, /inv contract bridge July 6, 1884 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect, town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam July 6, 1882 Ralph Morgan, [Wupperman], New York City, actor, Creeper, Imposter, Jack London July 6, 1881 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer, Quadriga, Pumpernickel July 6, 1878 Eino Leino, Finland, poet/playwright/novelist, Elaman Koreus July 6, 1877 David Stanley Smith, composer July 6, 1877 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain, 1931-36 July 6, 1873 Paul Keller, German writer, Ferien vom Ich July 6, 1868 Petrus A. Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor, Amigoe di Curaeao July 6, 1864 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer and conductor, Artemis July 6, 1859 Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet and novelist, Charles Men, Nobel 1916 July 6, 1856 Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT July 6, 1852 John Albert Delany, composer July 6, 1837 Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer July 6, 1832 Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico July 6, 1821 Edward Winston Pettus, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1907 July 6, 1818 Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion, 1851-66 July 6, 1814 Justus McKinstry, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1897 July 6, 1800 Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer July 6, 1796 Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia, 1825-55 July 6, 1793 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/min of Internal Affairs, 1848-49 July 6, 1785 William J Hooker, English botanist/director, Kew Gardens July 6, 1782 Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet July 6, 1773 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer July 6, 1759 Joshua Barney, American Soldier July 6, 1753 John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized July 6, 1747 Coelestin Jungbauer, composer July 6, 1747 John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight" July 6, 1739 Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer July 6, 1736 Daniel Morgan, American Soldier July 6, 1702 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer July 6, 1678 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer July 6, 1668 Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist July 6, 1638 Gerrit A. Berckheyde, Dutch painter July 6, 1632 Albert Schop, composer July 6, 1632 Pietro Reggio, composer July 6, 1580 Johann Stobaeus, composer July 6, 1542 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg |