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What Happened on July 6th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
2013	At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
2013	A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
2013	A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
2006	The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
2003	The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five 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.
1998	Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
1997	The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
1996	A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.
1995	In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
1989	The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
1988	The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
1982	While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, an Ilyushin Il-62 operating as Aeroflot Flight 411 crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board.
1975	The Comoros declares independence from France.
1967	Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
1966	Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
1964	Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
1962	As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
1962	The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
1957	Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
1957	John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
1947	Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
1947	The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
1944	Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
1944	The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
1942	Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1941	The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
1940	Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
1939	Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
1937	Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
1936	A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
1933	The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
1919	The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
1918	The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
1917	World 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.
1892	Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
1887	David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1885	Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1854	In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
1809	The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
1801	First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
1791	At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom.
1779	Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
1777	American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
1751	Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
1685	Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
1630	Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
1614	Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
1573	Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1573	French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
1560	The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
1557	King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
1536	The explorer Jacques Cartier lands at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returns with none of the gold he expected to find.
1495	First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
1484	Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
1483	Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned King and Queen of England.
1438	A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
1415	Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake. (See Deaths section.)
1411	Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
1348	Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
1253	Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
640	Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
371	The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.

Famous People Born on July 6

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Year	Name
1953	Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1818	Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
1982	Brandon Jacobs, American football player
1953	Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1868	Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
1979	Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1921	Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
1887	Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
1946	Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1831	Sylvester Pennoyer, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)

Famous People Deaths On July 6

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on July 6. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1963	George, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
1960	Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
371	Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
1918	Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
1992	Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
2012	Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
1966	Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
2018	Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (b. 1955)
1218	Odo III, duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
887	Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord