July 6

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.
• 1892 - Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian MP in Britain.
• 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 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.
• 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 - Controverial presidential election held in Mexico.

Births

• 1796 - Nikolai Pavlovitch, tsar 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, rapper

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, tsar 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)

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