Born on 6 August 2016

At A Glance

6 August 2016 at a glance

Day of the week

6 August 2016 was a Saturday.

Irish Chart Song in 2016

The Irish chart song for 2016 was “One Dance” by Drake.

Top Film of 2016

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.

Star sign

The star sign for 6 August is Leo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 6 August 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for August is Peridot.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 6 August 2016 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 6 August

• 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.
• 1991 Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 1996 NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• 2008 A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
• 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

Famous people born on 6 August

• M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
• Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (1928–1987)
• Vera Farmiga, American actress (born 1973)
• Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman (1911–1989)

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