Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 6

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[edit] 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

[edit] 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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