July 6

July 6th is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

Events

1483 - Richard III crowned king of England.
1609 - Bohemia is granted Freedom of religion.
1630 - Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Germany.
1785 - The dollar is unanimously chosen as the money unit for the United States. This is the first time a nation has adopted a decimal coinage system.
1801 - Battle of Algeciras[?]: The French fleet beats the British fleet.
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.
1908 - Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole.
1917 - Arabian troops led by T.E. Lawrence capture Aqaba[?] from the Turks.
1919 - The British dirigible R-34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.
1928 - The then world's largest hailstone falls in Potter, Nebraska.
1939 - Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
1957 - Althea Gibson[?] wins the Wimbledon championships becoming thethe first black athlete to do so.
1957 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) first meet.
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.
1967 - Biafran War[?]: Nigerian forces invade Biafra beginning the war.
1975 - The Comoros declare their independence from France.
1988 - The Piper Alpha[?] drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires killing 167 oil workers.

Births

1796 - Nicholas I Pavlovitch[?], czar of Russia (+ 1855)
1866 - Beatrix Potter, writer and illustrator
1884 - Harold Vanderbilt[?], businessman
1887 - Walter Flex[?], writer (+ 1917)
1898 - Hanns Eisler, composer (+ 1962)
1907 - Frida Kahlo, painter (+ 1954)
1915 - LaVerne Andrews[?], singer (Andrews Sisters)
1918 - Sebastian Cabot[?], actor (+ 1977)
1923 - Nancy Reagan, actress, former First Lady
1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, president of Poland
1925 - Merv Griffin[?], game show developer, TV show host
1925 - Bill Haley, singer: Bill Haley and the Comets (+ 1981)
1927 - Janet Leigh, actress: Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, Touch of Evil
1927 - Hein Donner[?], chess player
1927 - Dolores Claman[?], musician, composer
1927 - Pat Paulsen[?], comedian, frequent Presidential candidate (+ 1997)
1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, (Lhamo Dhondrup) fourteenth Dalai Lama
1937 - Ned Beatty[?], actor: Deliverance, Nashville
1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist, conductor
1946 - Sylvester Stallone, actor: Rambo[?], Copland[?], Cliffhanger
1946 - George W. Bush, President of the United States
1953 - Nanci Griffith[?], singer-songwriter
1951 - Geoffrey Rush, actor, Oscar winner
1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British actress-comedian
1976 - 50 Cent, rap singer

Deaths

1189 - Henry II of England
1249 - Alexander II of Scotland
1415 - Jan Hus, reformer (burned for heresy)
1476 - Regiomantus[?], astronomer and mathematician
1535 - Sir Thomas More, writer and philosopher (executed for treason)
1553 - Edward VI, king of England
1762 - Peter III, czar of Russia (murdered)
1893 - Guy de Maupassant (Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant), author
1916 - Odilon Redon, painter
1962 - William Faulkner, novelist
1971 - Louis Armstrong, jazz musician
1973 - Otto Klemperer, conductor
1998 - Roy Rogers, cowboy actor, singer
1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, composer

Holidays and observances

Comoros - Independence Day (1975)
Czech Republic - Jan Hus Day (1415)
Lithuania - Day of Statehood
Malawi - Independence Day (1964)
Malawi - Republic Day (1966)

See Also:

July 5 - July 7 - June 6 - August 6 -- listing of all days

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