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# July 6

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

Events:

- 1483: Richard III crowned king of England.
- 1609: Bohemia? is granted [Freedom of religion]?.
- 1630: Swedish troups under [Gustaf II Adolf]? land in Germany.
- 1687: Principia of Newton published.
- 1785: The name dollar chosen for the US coin.
- 1801: Battle of Algeciras?. The French fleet beats the British fleet.
- 1848: Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo: End of the [Mexican-American War]?.
- 1854: First convention of the [Republican Party]?.
- 1885: Louis Pasteur succesfully tests his vaccin against rabies?.
- 1908: [Robert Peary]? sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the [North Pole]?.
- 1912: Beginning of the [Olympic Games]? in Stockholm.
- 1917: Arabian troops led by [T.E. Lawrence]? capture Aqaba? on the Turks.
- 1919: A British dirigible lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.
- 1923: The Soviet Union is officially established.
- 1928: The world's largest hail? stone falls in Potter, Nebraska?.
- 1932: US [postage stamp]?s are raised in price from 2 to 3 cents.
- 1939: Last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1942: [Anne Frank]?'s family goes into hiding.
- 1945: Nicaragua is the first country to formally accept the charter of the United Nations.
- 1950: East Germany officially recognizes the Oder?-Neisse? border with Poland.
- 1954: Elvis Presley records his first hit, That's All Right.
- 1957: [Althea Gibson]? wins Wimbledon?. She is the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957: John Lennon and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) first meet.
- 1958: Alaska becomes a state.
- 1964: A Hard Day's Night, the first Beatles film premieres.
- 1964: Malawi declares its independence from Great Britain.
- 1965: The [Jefferson Airplane]? is formed.
- 1966: Malawi becomes a republic.
- 1967: Nigerian forces invade Biafra?. Beginning of the [Biafran War]?.
- 1968: [Andrei Sacharov]? publishes his Manifest of 10,000 Words.
- 1975: The Comoros declare their independence from France.
- 1983: The [Supreme Court]? decides that retirement plans are not allowed to pay women less solely based on their gender.
- 1988: The [Piper Alpha]? drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers die.

Births:

- 1796: [Nicholas I Pavlovitch]? (czar? of Russia)
- 1866: [Beatrix Potter]? (graphical artist)
- 1884: [Harold Vanderbilt]? (businessman)
- 1915: [LaVerne Andrews]? (singer: [Andrews Sisters]?)
- 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)
- 1927: [Janet Leigh]? (actress: Psycho, The Manchurian Candidate, Touch of Evil)
- 1927: [Hein Donner]? (chess player)
- 1935: [Tenzin Gyatso]? (fourteenth Dalai Lama)
- 1937: [Ned Beatty]? (actor: Deliverance, Nashville)
- 1946: [Sylvester Stallone]? (actor: Rambo, Copland, Cliffhange)
- 1946: George W. Bush (president of the United States)
- 1953: [Nanci Griffith]? (singer-songwriter)
- 1958: [Jennifer Saunders]? (British actress-comedian)

Deaths:

- 1189: [Henry II]? (king of England)
- 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)
- 1971: [Louis Armstrong]? (jazz musician)

Holidays:

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

July 5 - July 7 - June 6 - August 6 - more historical anniversaries

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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