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Birthdays occurring on August, 6
| 1976 |
Melissa George was born on August 6, 1976
I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer. More quotations from Melissa George |
Deaths occurring on August, 6
| 1969 |
Theodor W. Adorno died on August 6, 1969
German philosopher, 1903-1969The lie has long since lost its honest function of misrepresenting reality. Nobody believes anybody, everyone is in the know. Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. More quotations from Theodor W. Adorno |  |
| 1978 |
Pope Paul VI died on August 6, 1978
Italian pope. 1897-1978Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. More quotations from Pope Paul VI |  |
| 1989 |
Harry Curtis died on August 6, 1989
Through November [2002], we believed that discretionary consumer spending growth of 3 percent was adequate to support increased gaming spending. Room availability in Las Vegas during New Year's, however, indicates retrenching demand and what we believe to be an increasingly cautious consumer. More quotations from Harry Curtis |
| 2002 |
Edsger Dijkstra died on August 6, 2002
Dutch computer scientist. Turing Award in 1972. 1930-2002It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. More quotations from Edsger Dijkstra |  |
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