6 October is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1289 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306) 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507) 1591 – Settimia Caccini, Italian composer and singer (d. 1638) 1732 – John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812) 1767 – Henri Christophe, Haitian king (d. 1820) 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887) 1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-Canadian inventor, invented Radiotelephony (d. 1932) 1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937) 1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) 1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965) 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) 1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998) 1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989) 1910 – Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician (d. 2002) 1916 – Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997) 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist (d. 1977) 1918 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010) 1920 – John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English judge (d. 2005) 1928 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013) 1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) 1946 – Millie, Jamaican singer-songwriter 1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter 1948 – Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter 1951 – Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (REO Speedwagon) 1953 – Rein Rannap, Estonian composer and pianist 1954 – David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys, and Los Super Seven) 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Community Trolls, Oh-OK, and The Thorns) 1969 – Adrienne Armstrong, American businesswoman and activist, co-founded Adeline Records 1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer, and gymnast 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player (Tiamat, Cemetary, and Ceremonial Oath) 1972 – Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer 1972 – Daniel Cavanagh, English guitarist and singer who co-formed the alternative rock band Anathema 1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer 1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer 1982 – William Butler, American musician (Arcade Fire) 1982 – Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor and singer 1982 – MC Lars, American rapper 1982 – Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter and actress (City (Comma) State) 1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer 1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:34:05 +0000
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