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Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.
Famous Birthdays on June 6
1960 — Steve Vai
American musician
June 6 has 120 recorded notable births across history, from 1436 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1934 New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Source
- 1982 1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. Source
- 1993 Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia. Source
- 1966 March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category. Source
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Regarded as one of the most successful and finest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Dutt was known for his unique style and delivering impactful messages through his films.
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Colin Quinn first gained widespread attention for his work as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000, and he became known for anchoring Weekend Update, the show's news parody segment.
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Pickett was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft, spending two seasons as the primary starter and helping the team clinch a playoff appearance in 2023.
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D. Ramanaidu founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India.
More major people born on June 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1929
Sunil Dutt
Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (died 2005)
Balraj Raghunath Dutt, publicly known as Sunil Dutt, was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema.
1959
Colin Quinn
American comedian and actor
Colin Edward Quinn is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.
1998
Kenny Pickett
American football player
Kenneth Pickett is an American professional football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL).
1936
D. Ramanaidu
Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (died 2015)
Daggubati Ramanaidu was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India.
1919
Peter Carington
6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (died 2018)
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from…
1955
Lee Smolin
American theoretical physicist
Lee Smolin is an American theoretical physicist, a founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo, and a member of the graduate faculty…
1944
Monty Alexander
Jamaican jazz pianist
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies.
1898
Ninette de Valois
English ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 2001)
Dame Ninette de Valois was an Irish-born British ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet.
1929
James Barnor
Ghanaian photographer
James Barnor Hon. FRPS, OV is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s.
1926
Klaus Tennstedt
German conductor (died 1998)
Klaus Hermann Wilhelm Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg.
1850
Karl Ferdinand Braun
German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (died 1918)
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German applied physicist who shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi for their contributions to the development of radio.
1917
Kirk Kerkorian
American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (died 2015)
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California.
1933
Heinrich Rohrer
Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM).
1923
V. C. Andrews
American author, illustrator, and painter (died 1986)
Cleo Virginia Andrews, better known as Virginia C. Andrews or V. C. Andrews, was an American novelist. She was best known for her 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic, which inspired two movie adaptations and four sequels.
1948
Arlene Harris
American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate
Arlene Joy Harris is an entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and policy advocate in the telecommunications industry.
1956
Björn Borg
Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons
Björn Rune Borg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks.
1944
Tommie Smith
American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time
Tommie C. Smith is an American former track and field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League.
1952
Harvey Fierstein
American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice.
1875
Thomas Mann
German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.