Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 6

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[edit] Births

• 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
• 1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
• 1940 - Mukhu Aliyev, Dagestanian politician
• 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director
• 1990 - JonBenét Ramsey, American murder victim (d. 1996)

[edit] Deaths

• 1221 - Saint Dominic, Spanish founder of the 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)

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