Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/August 6

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 (d. 2012)
 * 1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
 * 1940 - Mukhu Aliyev, Dagestanian politician
 * 1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director

Deaths

 * 1221 - Saint Dominic, Spanish kl;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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