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July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining.
Events
1200-1899
1900-1999
- 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.
- 1923 - Treaty of Union signed between Russia, Transcaucasia, Ukraine and Belarus, establishing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- 1928 - The ten world's largest hailstone falls in Potter, Nebraska.
- 1939 - Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish 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 (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.
- 1974 - The radio program A Prairie Home Companion makes its first live broadcast.
- 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.
- 1988 - Controversial presidential election held in Mexico.
- 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.
2000-2099
Births
1700-1899
1900-1999
- 1907 - Frida Kahlo, painter (d. 1954)
- 1915 - LaVerne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters)
- 1918 - Sebastian Cabot, actor (d. 1977)
- 1919 - Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor
- 1921 - 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 (d. 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 (d. 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
- 1951 - Geoffrey Rush, actor, Oscar winner
- 1953 - Nanci Griffith, singer-songwriter
- 1956 - Kenny G, American saxophonist
- 1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British actress-comedian
- 1976 - 50 Cent, rapper
Deaths
1100-1899
1900-1999
- 1916 - Odilon Redon, painter
- 1932 - Kenneth Grahame, author (The Wind in the Willows)
- 1960 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician
- 1962 - William Faulkner, novelist
- 1966 - Sad Sam Jones, Major League Baseball player (b. 1892)
- 1971 - Louis Armstrong, jazz musician
- 1973 - Otto Klemperer, conductor
- 1982 - Bob Johnson ("Indian Bob"), Major League Baseball player (b. 1905)
- 1989 - János Kádár, Hungarian political leader
- 1998 - Roy Rogers, cowboy actor, singer
- 1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, composer
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
July 5 - July 7 - June 6 - August 6 -- listing of all days
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