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Jadeja was a crucial member of the Indian teams that won the 2013 and 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, becoming leading wicket-taker and player of the final in the former and hitting the winning boundary in the latter final.
Famous Birthdays on December 6
1988 — Ravindra Jadeja
Indian cricketer
December 6 has 250 recorded notable births across history, from 846 to 2007. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on December 6
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- 1957 Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. Source
- 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament. Source
- 1917 World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53. Source
- 1917 Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. Source
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(1980–2011), as well as during his subsequent solo career, Buck has been at various times a member of numerous side project groups.
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Ève was the only member of her family who did not choose a career as a scientist and did not win a Nobel Prize, although her husband, Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr.
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Cash was the American League Manager of the Year in 2020 and 2021, the first AL manager to win the award consecutively.
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Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal in 1772–1785.
More major people born on December 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1956
Peter Buck
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Peter Lawrence Buck is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.; he played the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs.
1904
Ève Curie
French-American journalist and pianist (died 2007)
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie.
1977
Kevin Cash
American baseball player and manager
Kevin Forrest Cash is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
1732
Warren Hastings
British colonial administrator of India (died 1818)
Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal…
1974
Jens Pulver
American mixed martial artist and boxer
Jens Johnnie Pulver is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. In 2023, Pulver was inducted into the UFC hall of fame.
846
Hasan al-Askari
Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874)
Hasan al-Askari was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi.
1886
Joyce Kilmer
American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918)
Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.
1921
Otto Graham
American football player and coach (died 2003)
Otto Everett Graham Jr. was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons.
1933
Henryk Górecki
Polish composer and academic (died 2010)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki.
1887
Joseph Lamb
American pianist and composer (died 1960)
Joseph Francis Lamb was an American composer of ragtime music.
1898
John McDonald
Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977)
Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald was an Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of Victoria, leading a Country Party government from 1950 to 1952.
1876
Fred Duesenberg
German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932)
Frederick Samuel Duesenberg was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing engines.
1863
Charles Martin Hall
American chemist and engineer (died 1914)
Charles Martin Hall was an American inventor, businessman, and chemist.
1948
JoBeth Williams
American actress
Margaret JoBeth Williams is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Kramer vs.
1975
Noel Clarke
English actor, director, and screenwriter
Noel Anthony Clarke is a former English actor, writer, director, and producer.
1848
Johann Palisa
Austrian astronomer (died 1925)
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria in 1874 to 1073 Gellivara in 1923.
1849
August von Mackensen
German field marshal (died 1945)
Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders.
1685
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (died 1712)
Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy was the wife of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans.
1996
Stefanie Scott
American actress and singer
Stefanie Noelle Scott is an American actress and singer. Scott began acting with the comedy film Beethoven's Big Break (2008), and thereafter released her debut extended play New Girl in Town (2009).