American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. The eldest son of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, he was the governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

Born

1946

July 6

Died

Living

Era

1940s

Country

United States

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Key dates

1946 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-371 The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
640 Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
1253 Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
1348 Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.

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The world in 1946

When George arrived

april 1 The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
april 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
april 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 6

Antonio Manetti 1423– Italian mathematician and architect (died 1497) Eva Green 1980– French actress and model Fred Dryer 1946– American football player and actor Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Henry Paget 1797–1854 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768) Jae Crowder 1990– American basketball player Jennifer Saunders 1958– English actress, comedian and screenwriter Will James 1892–1942 American author and illustrator (died 1942) Wojciech Jaruzelski 1923–2014 Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (died 2014)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1946

Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Alicia Borinsky 1946– Argentine writer Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Blair Brown 1946– American actress Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer David Lynch 1946–2025 American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (born 1946)

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