Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 6

Births

 * 1747 – John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
 * 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
 * 1946 – George W. Bush, (pictured) 43rd President of the United States
 * 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor
 * 1967 – Heather Nova, West Indian-born guitarist and singer
 * 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper

Deaths

 * 1189 – King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
 * 1415 – Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (burned at the stake) (b. 1369)
 * 1535 – Sir Thomas More, English writer and philosopher (executed) (b. 1478)
 * 1553 – King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
 * 1762 – Tsar Peter III of Russia (murdered) (b. 1728)
 * 1835 – John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
 * 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
 * 1962 – William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
 * 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)

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