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June 6, 1979 Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1996 June 6, 1976 Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box June 6, 1976 Melanie Sibetang, Miss Northern Marianas Universe 1997 June 6, 1975 Niklas Sundstrom, born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers June 6, 1975 Staci Keanan, [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress, Nicole-My 2 Dads June 6, 1974 Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze June 6, 1974 Patrick Hape, tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers June 6, 1973 Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan pace bowler 1993- June 6, 1973 Jamie Wilson, tackle for the Carolina Panthers June 6, 1973 Jon Hesse, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32 June 6, 1973 Olindo Mare, kicker for the Miami Dolphins June 6, 1972 Dulip Liyanage, cricketer, Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler June 6, 1972 Erin Woodley, born in Mississauga, Ontario, synchro swimmer, Olympic-silver-96 June 6, 1972 Frankie King, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers June 6, 1972 Gary Downs, running back for the Atlanta Falcons June 6, 1972 Jeff Williams, Australian baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics June 6, 1972 Marko Kiprusoff, Turku FIN, NHL defenseman, Team Finland, Montreal June 6, 1971 Mike Craig, St. Mary's, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs June 6, 1970 Randy Jordan, NFL running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars June 6, 1969 Brian Greenfield, WLAF punter for the London Monarchs June 6, 1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang June 6, 1969 Mike Croel, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants June 6, 1969 Sunil Joshi, cricketer, Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996 June 6, 1968 Brian Wright, born in Stillwater Oklahoma, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 New Mexico Open-2nd June 6, 1968 Craig Roberts, born in Everett, Washington, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics June 6, 1968 Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente June 6, 1967 Max Casella, actor, Vinnie-Doogie Howser June 6, 1967 Michael Timpson, NFL wide receiver, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles June 6, 1967 Wasim Haider, cricketer, member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad June 6, 1967 Paul Giamatti, American Actor June 6, 1966 Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer June 6, 1966 Faure Gnassingbe, Togolese Politician June 6, 1965 David Whyte, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret June 6, 1965 Sally McDermid, Australian softball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze June 6, 1965 Wendy Wiebe, born in St. Catharines, Ontario, rower 1996 Olympics June 6, 1964 Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker, Style Council-You're Best Thing June 6, 1964 Sherry J. Traylor, Missouri, Miss Missouri-America 1991 June 6, 1963 Dannette Leininger, born in Kailua, Hawaii, team handball wing, Olympics-92, 96 June 6, 1963 Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward, Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998 June 6, 1963 Jason Isaacs, English Actor June 6, 1961 Bill Bates, NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys June 6, 1961 Sydney Walsh, actress, Mo-Hooperman June 6, 1961 Tom Araya, American Musician June 6, 1960 Gary Graham, actor, Money on the Side June 6, 1960 Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain, 1979 June 6, 1960 Steve Vai, guitarist, Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake June 6, 1959 Amanda Pays, born in London, England, actress, Max Headroom, Off Limits June 6, 1959 Colin Quinn, American Comedian June 6, 1958 Elaine Crosby, born in Birmingham, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mazda Japan Classic June 6, 1957 Mike Gatting, cricketer, England batsman 1977-95 and captain June 6, 1956 Andy Pycroft, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman June 6, 1956 Bjorn Borg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1976-79 June 6, 1956 Jay C. Buckey, New York City, physician/astronaut, STS 58 alt, sk: 90 June 6, 1956 Marilyn Jones, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Carey-King's Crossing June 6, 1955 Dana Carvey, born in Missoula, Montana, comedian, SNL, Garth-Wayne's World June 6, 1955 Sandra Bernhard, born in Flint, Michigan, actress, King of Comedy, Nancy-Roseanne June 6, 1954 Harvey Fierstein, born in Brooklyn, New York, playwright, Torch Song Trilogy, ID4 June 6, 1953 Ken Calvert, Rep-R-California June 6, 1952 Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker, Yellow Magic Orchestra June 6, 1951 Dwight Twilley, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, country singer, Twilley Don't Mind June 6, 1950 Chantal Akerman, actor and director, Akermania, Je Tu II Elle June 6, 1949 Edgar Warren Williams, composer June 6, 1949 Robert Englund, actor, Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V June 6, 1949 Holly Near, American Musician June 6, 1947 Marion Coakes, born in England, equestrian show jumper, 1968 Olympics silver June 6, 1947 Terry Williams, rocker, First Edition June 6, 1947 David Blunkett, British Politician June 6, 1946 Chelsea Brown, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln June 6, 1946 Lasse Hallstrom, director, Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA June 6, 1946 Tony Levin, American Musician June 6, 1945 David Dukes, actor, Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War June 6, 1945 David E. Bonior, Rep-D-MI, 1977- June 6, 1945 Allen Boyd, American Politician June 6, 1944 Edgar Froese, rocker, Tangerine Dream June 6, 1944 Peter Albin, born in San Francisco, California, rocker, Big Brother and Holding Co June 6, 1944 Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman June 6, 1943 Asif Iqbal, cricketer, elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80 June 6, 1942 Howie Kane, rocker June 6, 1942 Larry "The Mole" Taylor, rocker, Canned Heat June 6, 1942 Sandra Morgan, U.S. 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1956 Olympics gold June 6, 1941 Alexander Cockburn, English Lawyer June 6, 1940 Laudir De Olivera, rocker, Chicago June 6, 1940 Phillip Rhodes, composer June 6, 1940 Sandra Morgan, 100m freestyle swimmer 1956 Olympics gold June 6, 1940 Willie-John McBride, British rugby player June 6, 1939 Gary Bonds, born in Florida, singer and songwriter, New Orleans June 6, 1939 Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer, Reconstruction June 6, 1939 Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president, Childrens Defense Fund June 6, 1939 Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement June 6, 1939 Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist June 6, 1936 Levi Stubbs, rocker, 4 Tops-Same Old Song June 6, 1935 Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back/wide receiver, Browns, Redskins June 6, 1935 Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists June 6, 1935 Harry Crews, U.S. writer and actor, Indian Runner June 6, 1935 Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar June 6, 1935 Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction June 6, 1934 Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA June 6, 1934 Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium, 1993- June 6, 1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orch June 6, 1934 King Albert II, Belgian Royalty June 6, 1933 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986 June 6, 1932 Billie Whitelaw, born in Coventry, England, actress, Omen, Adding Machine June 6, 1932 David R. Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, Col USAF/astronaut, Gem 8, Apol 9, 15 June 6, 1931 Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp June 6, 1930 Frank Tyson, cricketer, "Typhoon" England pace destroyer mid-50's June 6, 1929 Boguslaw Schaffer, composer June 6, 1929 Viktor Konezki, writer June 6, 1928 George Deukmejian, born in Menands, New York, Gov-Cal June 6, 1926 Klaus Tennstedt, born in Merseburg, Germany, conductor, Fidelio June 6, 1926 Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist, Tumbleweeds June 6, 1924 Serge Nigg, composer June 6, 1923 Virginia C. Andrews, American Author June 6, 1922 Ian Hamilton, composer June 6, 1919 Charles Pringle, British air marshal June 6, 1918 Maria Montez, Dominican Rep, actress, Arabian Nights June 6, 1918 Richard Crane, Newcastle, Indiana, actor, Surfside 6 June 6, 1918 Tom Scott, poet/editor June 6, 1917 Kirk Kerkorian, CEO, MGM, UA June 6, 1917 Prior Jones, cricketer, WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52 June 6, 1915 Dhimiter Shuteriqi, Albania, writer, €lirimtaret The liberator June 6, 1915 Vincent Persichetti, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, composer, Sibyl June 6, 1913 Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister June 6, 1910 Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor, Hamlet June 6, 1910 Toshitsugu Ogiwara, composer June 6, 1909 Isaiah Berlin, philosopher June 6, 1909 M J Gopalan, cricketer, 1 Test India vs. England 1933-34 June 6, 1907 Bill Dickey, New York Yankee hall-of-fame catcher, 1928-43, /manager, 1946 June 6, 1907 Robert Humphreys, British? historian June 6, 1906 Max Zorn, German mathematician, lemma of Zorn June 6, 1906 Stefan Andres, writer June 6, 1906 Max A. Zorn, American Mathematician June 6, 1905 John Gart, Russia, orch leader, Paul Winchell Show June 6, 1903 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane June 6, 1902 Avraham Daus, composer June 6, 1902 Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer June 6, 1901 Achmed Sukarno, born in Java, PM of Indonesia, 1945-67 June 6, 1900 Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor, Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train June 6, 1898 Johannes J Fouche, president South-Africa June 6, 1898 Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina, Royal Ballet June 6, 1898 Walter Abel, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Suspicion, Dream Girl June 6, 1896 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, La marcia su Rome June 6, 1896 Robert Sheriff, playwright, Journey's End June 6, 1894 Sabin V Dragoi, composer June 6, 1893 Ludovic Feldman, composer June 6, 1892 Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist June 6, 1891 Istvan Kardos, composer June 6, 1891 Ted Lewis, Circleville, Ohio, bandleader/writer, Is Everybody Happy? June 6, 1891 Vladislac Vancura, writer June 6, 1890 Dorothy Heyward, New York City, playwright, Porgy June 6, 1887 Ruth Benedict, anthropoligist June 6, 1886 Paul Dudley White, heart specialist June 6, 1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state June 6, 1879 L. Patrick Abercrombie, English architect June 6, 1878 Vincent [de Moro-]Giafferi, French prosecutor, Dieudonne, Landru June 6, 1875 Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist, Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929 June 6, 1875 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp, 1925 June 6, 1872 Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina, 1894-1918 June 6, 1869 Andersen Nexo, writer June 6, 1869 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor June 6, 1868 Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition June 6, 1862 Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet June 6, 1862 Henry Newbolt, English Author June 6, 1860 William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St. Paul's Cathedral June 6, 1860 William R. Inge, English Clergyman June 6, 1860 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman June 6, 1860 Dean Inge, English Author June 6, 1850 Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy, Nobel 1909 June 6, 1847 Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer, Swealtsjeblommen June 6, 1842 James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor, Amer Acad of Dramatic Art June 6, 1840 John Stainer, composer June 6, 1840 William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General Union volunteers June 6, 1829 John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1888 June 6, 1826 Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist June 6, 1825 Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austria, poet, Weistumer June 6, 1819 William Howard Glover, composer June 6, 1815 Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer June 6, 1813 Israel Washburn, Governor, Union, died in 1883 June 6, 1807 Adrien Francois Servais, composer June 6, 1804 Petter Conrad Boman, composer June 6, 1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit June 6, 1799 Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin, 5/26 OS June 6, 1799 Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian Author June 6, 1765 Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant/poet, Dwingelandij June 6, 1756 John Trumbull, U.S. painter, Declaration of Independence June 6, 1755 John Flaxman, English sculptor, Westminster Abbey tomb stones June 6, 1755 Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country June 6, 1735 Anton Schweitzer, composer June 6, 1722 Adrien Trudo Sale, composer June 6, 1695 Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General Neth-Indies, 1737-41, /killed 8,000 Chinese June 6, 1676 Georg Reidel, composer June 6, 1671 Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader June 6, 1661 Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer June 6, 1625 Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor June 6, 1621 Peter Zrinyi, Hungarian ruler of Croatia June 6, 1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace June 6, 1599 Diego Velazquez, Spain, painter, Rokeby Venus, baptized June 6, 1502 Joao III, King of Portugal, 1521-57 June 6, 1436 Regiomontanus, Johannes Muller, prepares astronomical tables |