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July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 178 days remaining.
Events
- 1253 - Mindaugas is crowned king of Lithuania .
- 1483 - Richard III is crowned king of England .
- 1484 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River .
- 1495 - Charles VIII fights in the Battle Of Fornovo against the Holy League , ending his Attempted Conquest Of Italy .
- 1560 - The Treaty Of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England .
- 1573 - Córdoba, Argentina is founded by Jerónimo Luis De Cabrera .
- 1609 - Bohemia is granted Freedom Of Religion .
- troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania , Germany .
- , bombardment by British Artillery under General John Burgoyne forces American retreat from Fort Ticonderoga , New York .
- 1785 - The Dollar is unanimously chosen as the Monetary Unit for the United States .
- 1799 - Ranjit Singh 's 25,000 men start march towards Lahore .
- defeats the British Royal Navy .
- 1854 - In Jackson, Michigan , the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his Vaccine against Rabies . The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1887 - David Kalakaua , monarch of the Kingdom Of Hawaii , is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian Citizens of their rights.
- 1892 - Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first India n Member Of Parliament in Britain .
- 1893 - The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a Tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
- 1905 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister Of Australia for the second time.
- 1908 - Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole .
- ian troops led by Lawrence Of Arabia and Auda Ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt .
- 1919 - The British Dirigible R-34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.
- 1928 - The ten world's largest Hailstones fall in Potter, Nebraska .
- 1933 - The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago 's Comiskey Park . The American League defeats the National League , 4 to 2.
- enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1944 - The Hartford Circus Fire , one of America's worst Fire Disasters , kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut .
- 1957 - Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon Championships , becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles meet for the first time at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete, Liverpool .
- 1964 - '' A Hard Day's Night '', the first Beatles film, premieres.
- 1964 - Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom .
- 1966 - Malawi becomes a republic.
- forces invade Biafra , beginning the war.
- 1974 - The Radio program '' A Prairie Home Companion '' makes its first live broadcast.
- 1975 - The Comoros declare independence from France .
- 1977 - Pink Floyd 's Roger Waters spits on a fan during the '' In The Flesh '' tour in Montreal .
- 1988 - The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires, killing 167 oil workers.
- 1988 - Carlos Salinas wins controversial Mexican Presidential Election .
- 1989 - At 01:23:45 AM, the time and date by British reckoning was 01:23:45 6/7/89. This was also true 12 hours later excepting 24-hour time.
- 2003 - The Corsicans rejected a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.
- 2004 - '' The New York Post '' erroneously reports that Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry has selected Dick Gephardt as his running mate.
- 2005 - International Olympic Committee announces that London wins bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games .
- 2005 - Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper agrees to testify to a Grand Jury that Karl Rove revealed to him Valerie Plame 's secret CIA identity.
- 2005 - Bob Geldof and Bono meet with the G8 in Gleneagles to discuss increasing aid to Africa. Afterwards, both make appearances at the Edinburgh 50,000 concert, a last concert in the Live 8 series.
Births
- 1686 - Antoine De Jussieu , French naturalist (d. 1758 )
- 1747 - John Paul Jones , American naval commander (d. 1792 )
- 1766 - Alexander Wilson , Scottish-born poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (d. 1813 )
- 1785 - William Jackson Hooker , English botanist (d. 1865 )
- 1796 - Tsar Nicholas I Of Russia (d. 1855 )
- 1817 - Albert Von Kölliker , Swiss anatomist (d. 1905 )
- 1818 - Adolf Anderssen , German chess player (d. 1879 )
- 1838 - Vatroslav Jagic , Croatian scholar (d. 1923 )
- 1859 - Verner Von Heidenstam , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940 )
- 1884 - Harold Vanderbilt , American businessman (b. 1884 )
- 1898 - Hanns Eisler , German composer (d. 1962 )
- 1903 - Hugo Theorell , Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1982 )
- 1904 - Erik Wickberg , the 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996 )
- 1907 - Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter (d. 1954 )
- 1912 - Heinrich Harrer , Austrian mountaineer and explorer (d. 2006 )
- 1918 - Sebastian Cabot , English actor (d. 1977 )
- 1919 - Ernst Haefliger , Swiss tenor
- 1921 - Nancy Reagan , actress and First Lady Of The United States
- 1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski , President Of Poland
- 1925 - Merv Griffin , American game show developer and television show host
- 1925 - Bill Haley , American singer ( Bill Haley And The Comets ) (d. 1981 )
- 1927 - Jan Hein Donner , Dutch chess player
- 1927 - Janet Leigh , American actress (d. 2004 )
- 1927 - Pat Paulsen , American comedian and Presidential candidate (d. 1997 )
- 1931 - Della Reese , American singer and actress
- 1935 - Tenzin Gyatso , fourteenth Dalai Lama , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1936 - Dave Allen , Irish comedian (d. 2005 )
- 1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy , Russian pianist and conductor
- 1937 - Ned Beatty , American actor
- 1940 - Jeannie Seely , American singer
- 1946 - George W. Bush , 43rd President Of The United States
- 1946 - Sylvester Stallone , American actor
- 1948 - Brad Park , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1951 - Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor
- 1953 - Nanci Griffith , American singer and songwriter
- 1955 - William Wall , Irish writer
- 1958 - Jennifer Saunders , British actress and comedian
- 1959 - Richard Dacoury , French basketball player
- 1967 - Heather Nova , West Indian-born guitarist and singer
- 1969 - Fernando Redondo , Argentine footballer
- 1970 - Inspectah Deck , American rapper
- 1975 - 50 Cent , American rapper
- 1977 - Craig Handley , British film director and writer
- 1978 - Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry , Twin German actresses
- 1983 - Gregory Smith , Canadian actor
- 1986 - Caroline Welz , Tallest Woman in Germany and model
- 1987 - Caroline Trentini , Brazilian model
Deaths
- 1189 - King Henry II Of England (b. 1133 )
- 1218 - Eudes III, Duke Of Burgundy (b. 1166 )
- 1249 - King Alexander II Of Scotland (b. 1198 )
- 1415 - Jan Hus , Bohemian reformer (burned at the stake) (b. 1369 )
- 1476 - Regiomantus , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1436 )
- 1480 - Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian composer (b. 1416 )
- 1533 - Ludovico Ariosto , Italian poet (b. 1474 )
- 1535 - Sir Thomas More , English writer and philosopher (executed) (b. 1478 )
- 1553 - King Edward VI Of England (b. 1537 )
- 1583 - Edmund Grindal , Archbishop Of Canterbury
- 1585 - Thomas Aufield , English Catholic martyr (b. 1552 )
- 1684 - Peter Gunning , English royalist churchman (b. 1614 )
- 1758 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe , British general (killed in battle)
- 1762 - Tsar Peter III Of Russia (murdered) (b. 1728 )
- 1768 - Conrad Beissel , German-born religious leader
- 1835 - John Marshall , Chief Justice Of The United States (b. 1755 )
- 1854 - Georg Ohm , German physicist
- 1868 - Sanosuke Harada , Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840 )
- 1893 - Guy De Maupassant , French author (b. 1850 )
- 1901 - Prince Chlodwig Zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst , Chancellor Of Germany (b. 1819 )
- 1902 - St. Maria Goretti , Italian saint (b. 1890 )
- 1916 - Odilon Redon , French painter (b. 1840 )
- 1932 - Kenneth Grahame , English children's author (b. 1859 )
- 1960 - Aneurin Bevan , British politician (b. 1897 )
- 1961 - Scott LaFaro , American musician (b. 1936 )
- 1961 - Woodall Rodgers , mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1890 )
- 1962 - William Faulkner , American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897 )
- 1962 - Archduke Joseph August Of Austria , Austrian field marshal (b. 1872 )
- 1966 - Sad Sam Jones , baseball player (b. 1892 )
- 1971 - Louis Armstrong , American musician (b. 1901 )
- 1972 - Brandon De Wilde , American actor ('' Shane '', '' Hud '') (b. 1942 )
- 1973 - Otto Klemperer , German conductor (b. 1885 )
- 1982 - Bob Johnson , baseball player (b. 1905 )
- 1986 - Jagjivan Ram , Indian politician (b. 1908 )
- 1989 - János Kádár , Hungarian politician (b. 1912 )
- 1998 - Roy Rogers , American cowboy actor and singer (b. 1911 )
- 1999 - Carl Gunter Jr , La. State Political Figure (b. 1938 )
- 1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo , Spanish composer (b. 1901 )
- 2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani , Indian businessman (b. 1932 )
- 2002 - John Frankenheimer , American film director (b. 1930 )
- 2003 - Buddy Ebsen , American actor (b. 1908 )
- 2004 - Thomas Klestil , President Of Austria (b. 1932 )
- 2005 - L. Patrick Gray III , American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1916 )
- 2005 - Claude Simon , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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