George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, he served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

1946Fred Dryer, American football player and actor^[†]

John Frederick Dryer is an American actor, radio host, and former professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League for 13 years with the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, participating in 176 games and recorded 103 career sacks starting in 1969 until his retirement in 1981, and is the only NFL player to score two safeties in one game. Following his retirement from football, Dryer had a successful career as a film and television actor, notably starring as the titular character Detective Sgt. Rick Hunter in the NBC police drama series Hunter, with his height of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and physique proving useful for action roles.

1946Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic^[†]

Peter Albert David Singer is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He wrote the book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues for vegetarianism, and the essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", which argues the moral imperative of donating to help the poor around the world. For most of his career, he was a preference utilitarian. He revealed in The Point of View of the Universe (2014), coauthored with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, that he had become a hedonistic utilitarian.

1946Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter^[†]

Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone is an American actor and filmmaker. In a film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards. Stallone is one of only two actors in history to have starred in a box-office No. 1 film across six consecutive decades. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $7.5 billion worldwide.

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1946Horace Pippin, American painter (born 1888)^[†]

Horace Pippin was an American painter who painted a range of themes, including scenes inspired by his service in World War I, landscapes, portraits, and biblical subjects. Some of his best-known works address the U.S.'s history of slavery and racial segregation. He was the first Black artist to be the subject of a monograph, Selden Rodman's Horace Pippin, A Negro Painter in America (1947), and The New York Times eulogized him as "the most important Negro painter" in American history. He is buried at Chestnut Grove Cemetery Annex in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania. A Pennsylvania State historical Marker at 327 Gay Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania, identifies his home at the time of his death and commemorates his accomplishments.

Headlines from July 6, 1946

U. S. HAS OPEN MIND ON TREATY REVISION; Byrnes' Letter Sees Need to Permit Later Changes, Warns of Too Easy a Method

19 Russians Slain In Clash in Poland

BRITISH INSISTENT ON U.S. MILITARY AID IN PALESTINE ENTRY; Rejection of Plan for 100,000 Is Forecast Unless Burden Is Shared on That Basis ARAB VIOLENCE HELD SURE London Is Also Worried Over Soviet Attitude on Issue and Mid-East Aspirations

Poles Declare Two Hoaxes Caused High Toll in Pogrom; Boy, 9, Admits Story That Jaws Slew 15 Children Was Lie--Other Victims Lured to Death by Safety Pledge--40 Killed

LIVESTOCK PRICES TUMBLE IN CHICAGO; Hogs Off $2.50 a Hundredweight From Post-OPA Peak --Butter Up Slightly Here

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