What happened on July 6? There are more than 278 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 6
July 6 is the 188th day of the year 2024. There are 178 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 27th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Lynchburg, Tennessee 37352 sunrise will occur at 05:35 AM and sunset will occur at 08:04 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Cancer. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 207 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 6
- 371 BCThe Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
- 1044The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
- 1189Richard I “the Lionheart” is crowned King of England.
- 1253Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
- 1348Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
- 1415Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
- 1483Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1484Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
- 1495First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
- 1535Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1557King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually results in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
- 1560The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
- 1573Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
- 1609Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 1630Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- 1751Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1779Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1785The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1801Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
- 1809The second day of the Battle of Wagram sees a French victory over the Austrian army in the largest battle yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1854In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- 1885Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1887David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of the Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
- 18923,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
- 1892Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 1893The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
- 1905Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 1917World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- 1919The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 1933The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.
- 1936A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 ft into the River Irwell.
- 1939Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1942Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the “Secret Annexe” above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 1944Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
- 1944The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America’s worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1947The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1957Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles are introduced to each other when Lennon’s band the Quarrymen performs at the St. Peter’s Church Hall fête in Woolton.
- 1962As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- 1964Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1966Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
- 1967Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
- 1975The Comoros declare independence from France.
- 1978The Taunton sleeping car fire occurs in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
- 1986Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
- 1988The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world’s worst offshore oil disaster.
- 1989The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus is driving by the edge of a cliff.
- 1994Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
- 1997The Troubles: Five days of fierce riots and clashes in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland begin.
- 1998Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
- 1999U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
- 2003The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
- 2006The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
Who Were Born On July 6?
- 1686Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
- 1736Daniel Morgan, American battlefield tactician (d. 1802)
- 1747John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
- 1766Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813)
- 1781Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (d. 1826)
- 1782Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca and Queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
- 1785William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
- 1789Maria Isabella of Spain, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)
- 1796Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
- 1817Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
- 1818Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1837Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian scholar (d. 1925)
- 1838Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian Slavic studies scholar (d. 1923)
- 1859Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
- 1865Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music educator (d. 1950)
- 1868Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, member of the British Royal Family (d. 1935)
- 1878Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
- 1884Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American railroad executive, yachtsman and bridge player, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1970)
- 1885Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1886Marc Bloch, French historian (d.1944)
- 1887Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
- 1897Richard Krautheimer, German-American art historian (d.1994)
- 1898Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
- 1900Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and supercentenarian (d. 2012)
- 1903Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- 1904Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
- 1907Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- 1907George Stanley, Canadian politician and designer of the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1912Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006)
- 1914Vincent J. McMahon, American wrestling promoter (d. 1984)
- 1916Harold Norse, American writer (d. 2009)
- 1917Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (d. 2004)
- 1918Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
- 1919Ernst Haefliger, Swiss singer (d. 2007)
- 1921Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
- 1923Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister and President of Poland
- 1925Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1925Gazi Yasargil, Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon (d. 1993)
- 1925Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
- 1927Alan Freeman, Australian-born British DJ and radio personality (d. 2006)
- 1927Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player (d. 1988)
- 1927Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1927Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1927Pat Paulsen, American comedian (d. 1997)
- 1930Balamurali Krishna, Indian Carnatic musician, poet and composer.
- 1931Della Reese, American singer and actress
- 1931Jean Campeau, French-Canadian businessman and politician
- 1933Frank Austin, English footballer
- 1935Candy Barr, American stripper and actress (d. 2005)
- 1935Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1936Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
- 1937Gene Chandler, American soul singer
- 1937Ned Beatty, American actor
- 1937Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-born pianist and conductor
- 1938Luana Patten, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1939Jet Harris, English bassist (The Shadows) (d. 2011)
- 1939Mary Peters, British athlete
- 1940Jeannie Seely, American country music singer
- 1940Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
- 1941Reinhard Roder, German football player and manager
- 1945Burt Ward, American actor
- 1945Rodney Matthews, English fantasy artist and illustrator
- 1946Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
- 1946George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
- 1946Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
- 1946Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- 1947Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1947Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
- 1948Brad Park, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1948Jean-Pierre Blackburn, French-Canadian politician
- 1948Nathalie Baye, French actress
- 1948Tom Curley, American media executive
- 1949Phyllis Hyman, American soul singer and actress (d. 1995)
- 1950Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
- 1950John Byrne, American comic book author and artist
- 1951Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
- 1952Grant Goodeve, American actor
- 1953Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1954Allyce Beasley, American actress
- 1954Willie Randolph, American baseball player
- 1955Frank Sontag, American radio personality
- 1955William Wall, Irish writer
- 1956Casey Sander, American actor
- 1957Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedienne and screenwriter
- 1959Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
- 1960Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
- 1960Maria Wasiak, Polish CEO of Polish State Railways
- 1961Rick Price, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1961Robin Antin, American reality television personality and model
- 1963Lance Johnson, American baseball player
- 1963Todd Burns, American baseball player
- 1964Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
- 1966Brian Posehn, American actor
- 1967Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter
- 1967James Hannon, American filmmaker
- 1967Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1968Gaspare Manos, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1969Brian Van Holt, American actor
- 1969Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
- 1970Inspectah Deck, American rapper
- 1971Kenya D. Williamson, American actress
- 1972Greg Norton, American baseball player
- 1972Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer
- 1972Mark Gasser, British pianist
- 1974Babi Xavier, Brazilian presenter and actress
- 1974Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 197550 Cent, American rapper
- 1975Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
- 1975Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
- 1977Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
- 1977Craig Handley, Welsh film director
- 1977Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
- 1978Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
- 1978Tamera Mowry, American actress
- 1978Tia Mowry, American actress
- 1979Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet)
- 1980Joell Ortiz, American hip hop artist
- 1980Kenny Deuchar, Scottish Footballer and Doctor
- 1980Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1981Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
- 1982Brandon Jacobs, American football player
- 1983Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
- 1984Lauren Harris, British rock singer
- 1986Derrick Williams, American football player
- 1986Sarah Gronert, German tennis player
- 1987Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
- 1987Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter
- 1987Matt O'Leary, American actor
- 1988Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
- 1990Ajoo, South Korean singer
- 1990Jamal Idris, Australian Rugby League player
- 1990Jeremy Suarez, American actor
- 1993Jeremiah Godby, American ultramarathon runner
- 1994Camilla Rosso, English actress
- 1994Rebecca Rosso, English actress
Who Died On July 6?
- 918William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
- 966Berengar II, King of Italy (b. 900)
- 1017Genshin, Japanese Tendai scholar (b. 942)
- 1189King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1218Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- 1249King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
- 1415Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer (b. 1369)
- 1476Regiomontanus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
- 1480Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
- 1533Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
- 1535Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
- 1553King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
- 1583Edmund Grindal, English Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1519)
- 1585Thomas Aufield, English priest and Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
- 1684Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
- 1758George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general (b. c. 1725)
- 1762Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
- 1768Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (b. 1690)
- 1802Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. 1736)
- 1809Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
- 1813Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
- 1835John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
- 1854Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
- 1863Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
- 1868Sanosuke Harada, Japanese Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
- 1883Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer (b. 1853)
- 1893Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
- 1901Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
- 1902Maria Goretti, Italian saint (b. 1890)
- 1904Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
- 1907August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
- 1916Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
- 1922Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863)
- 1932Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
- 1934Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist (b. 1888)
- 1950Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpetist (b. 1923)
- 1952Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
- 1952Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian politician (b. 1867)
- 1959George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
- 1960Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
- 1961Scott LaFaro, American jazz bassist (Bill Evans Trio) (b. 1936)
- 1961Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
- 1962Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
- 1962William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1963Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, Russian-born head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899)
- 1964Claude V. Ricketts, United States naval admiral (b. 1906)
- 1966Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- 1968Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (b. 1906)
- 1971Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1901)
- 1972Brandon De Wilde, American actor (b. 1942)
- 1973Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1885)
- 1975Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (b. 1908)
- 1976Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
- 1976Zhu De, Chinese Communist military leader and statesman (b. 1886)
- 1977Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (b. 1907)
- 1979Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter and orchestra leader (b. 1940)
- 1982Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- 1986Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
- 1989János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
- 1991Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- 1994Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1994Geoff McQueen, British television screenwriter (b. 1947)
- 1995Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
- 1996Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
- 1998Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1999Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
- 1999Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
- 1999Gary M. Heidnik, American convicted rapist, murderer, and torturer (executed) (b. 1943)
- 1999Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
- 2000Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and memoir writer (b. 1911)
- 2002Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
- 2002John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
- 2003Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
- 2004Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
- 2004Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
- 2005Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
- 2005Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
- 2005Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
- 2005L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
- 2005Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
- 2006Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2006Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
- 2007Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American novelist (b.1939)
- 2008Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
- 2009Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)
- 2009Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
- 2009Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
- 2009Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (b. 1932)
- 2010Tilly Armstrong (alias Tania Langley and Kate Alexander), British writer (b. 1927)
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