July 6
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July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1747 – John Paul Jones, British-American naval commander (d. 1792)
- 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (d. 1813)
- 1781 – Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore (d. 1826)
- 1785 – William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
- 1796 – Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
- 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, chess player (d. 1879)
- 1832 – Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (d. 1867)
- 1838 – Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)
- 1859 – Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer (d. 1940)
- 1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
- 1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
- 1884 – Harold Vanderbilt, American businessman (d. 1970)
- 1887 – Walter Flex, writer (d. 1917)
- 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
- 1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright, screenwriter and author (d. 2012)
- 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
- 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Nancy Reagan, actress and First Lady of the United States
- 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland
- 1925 – Merv Griffin, American game show developer and television show host (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley and the Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Hein Donner, Dutch chess player
- 1927 – Dolores Claman, musician and composer
- 1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and Presidential candidate (d. 1997)
- 1930 – Herbert Erhardt, German footballer (d. 2010)
- 1931 – Della Reese, American singer and actress
- 1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
- 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
- 1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
- 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor
- 1939 – Jet Harris, English musician (The Shadows) (d. 2011)
- 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
- 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
- 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- 1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
- 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
- 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer and songwriter
- 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, British actress and comedienne
- 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
- 1967 – Heather Nova, British-Bermudan guitarist and singer
- 1970 – Roger Cicero, German singer and musician
- 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper
- 1974 – Ze Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper* 1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarussian tennis player
- 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1981 – Ray Dalal, Indian Entrepreneur
- 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American Football player
- 1987 – Kate Nash, British singer and songwriter
- 1994 – Camilla and Rebecca Rosso, British twin actresses
Deaths [change]
- 1189 – King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1415 – Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer and Christian martyr (b. 1369)
- 1535 – Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
- 1553 – King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
- 1762 – Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
- 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
- 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
- 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French writer (b. 1850)
- 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, British writer (b. 1859)
- 1959 – George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
- 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (b. 1897)
- 1962 – William Faulkner, American writer (b. 1897)
- 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)
- 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1895)
- 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
- 1989 – Janos Kadar, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
- 2000 – Wladyslaw Szpilman, Polish pianist, composer and writer (b. 1911)
- 2004 – Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Claude Simon, French writer (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Evan Hunter, American writer (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Robert McNamara, American politician (b. 1916)
- 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (b. 1932)
Events [change]
- 1785 – The Dollar is chosen as the US monetary unit.
- 1854 – The Republican Party meets for the first time, in Jackson, Mississippi.
- 1885 – Louis Pasteur tests the vaccine for rabies.
- 1905 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the secret annex in Amsterdam.
- 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1957 – In Tennis, Althea Gibson becomes the first African American to win a Wimbledon title.
- 1957 – Paul McCartney and John Lennon meet for the first time.
- 1964 – Malawi becomes independent.
- 1966 – Malawi becomes a Republic, with Hastings Banda as President under a one-party system.
- 1967 – The Biafran War begins, as Biafra tries to become independent from Nigeria.
- 1975 – The Comoros declare independence.
- 1988 – In the North Sea, a major fire occurs on the Piper Alpha oil rig, killing 167 people.
- 2003 – Tennis: Roger Federer wins his first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Mark Philippoussis of Australia in three sets. It is also the first of Federer's five consecutive Wimbledon titles.
- 2005 – The 2012 Summer Olympics are awarded to London.
- 2008 – Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins the men's singles title at Wimbledon, ending Roger Federer's run of five consecutive titles there.
- 2009 – Jadranka Kosor becomes Prime Minister of Croatia.
- 2011 – Pyeongchang, South Korea is announced as the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day in Malawi (1966), and the Comoros (1975)
- Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
- Statehood Day (Lithuania)
- First Day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain
