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Anniversary on the 6th of August 1822

Anniversary
Date Text
100 years anniversary
06 Aug 1924   John Henry Roberts: Composer, dies at 76
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06 Aug 1924   Samuel Bowers, American activist, co-founded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
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75 years anniversary
06 Aug 1949   Joyce McKinney: Avery County, North Carolina -- Miss Wyoming (1972)
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06 Aug 1949   Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop
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06 Aug 1949   Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
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06 Aug 1949   Richard Prince, American artist
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06 Aug 1949   Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
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50 years anniversary
06 Aug 1974   Adrian Voinea: Focsani, Romania -- Tennis star (1995 Malta)
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06 Aug 1974   Alvin Williams: NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)
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06 Aug 1974   Bobby Petta: Soccer player (Feyenoord, RKC)
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06 Aug 1974   Nelson Vargas: Holoyoke, Massachusetts -- Soccer forward (1996 Olympics - Gold Medalist)
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06 Aug 1974   6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
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06 Aug 1974   Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington
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06 Aug 1974   Ever Carradine, American actress
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06 Aug 1974   Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
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06 Aug 1974   Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
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06 Aug 1974   Alvin Williams, American basketball player and coach
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06 Aug 1974   Abba scored their first US top 10 hit when 'Waterloo' went to No.6. The Swedish group were also on their first American tour.
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25 years anniversary
06 Aug 1999   Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
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06 Aug 1999   Dick Latvala died aged 56 after being in a coma caused by a heart attack. Latvala worked with The Grateful Dead since the early 80's looking after their archives of live performances which became a series of 'Dick's Picks' albums.
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20 years anniversary
06 Aug 2004   Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948)
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06 Aug 2004   Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
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06 Aug 2004   Rick James was found dead at his Los Angeles home. Known as 'The King of Punk-Funk' James scored the 1981 US No.3 album ‘Street Songs’ and 1981 US No.16 single ‘Super Freak part 1’. In the late 60's James worked as a songwriter and producer for Motown, working with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles. Addicted to cocaine, he once admitted to spending $7,000 a week on drugs for five years.
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15 years anniversary
06 Aug 2009   Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
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06 Aug 2009   Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mink DeVille) (b. 1950)
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06 Aug 2009   John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
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06 Aug 2009   Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
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06 Aug 2009   Steven Tyler was airlifted to hospital after falling off stage during a gig at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. The 61-year-old Aerosmith singer fell from a catwalk onto a couple of fans, he suffered neck and shoulder injuries. About 30 minutes after the accident, guitarist Joe Perry came out to tell the crowd that the remainder of the show had been cancelled.
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06 Aug 2009   Willy DeVille died at the age of 58 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. The band he formed, Mink Deville, appeared at the legendary CBGB club in New York in the 1970s and scored the 1977 hit 'Spanish Stroll.' Doctors discovered he had cancer earlier this year as he was preparing to undergo treatment for hepatitis C.
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10 years anniversary
06 Aug 2014   Ananda W. P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
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06 Aug 2014   John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
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06 Aug 2014   Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer (b. 1954)
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