July 6

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 6. From 1900 until now. July 6 is under the sign of Cancer. Famous birthdays on this day include 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Sylvester Stallone (1946) and George W Bush (1946). Several movies were released around July 6 over the years, such as Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon in 1995 directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto and The Secret World of Arrietty in 2010 directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
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Holidays

Comoros - Independence Day (1975).
Feast day of St Maria Goretti.
Lithuania - Statehood Day.
Malawi - Independence Day (1964).
Malawi - Republic Day (1966).
Roman festivals: Ludi Apollinares, games in honour of Apollo (since 208 BC) began today.
San Fermin a Spanish Catholic festival centered in Pamplona begins today.
Music festival EXIT begins today in Serbian town of Novi Sad.
Czech Republic - Jan Hus Day (1415).
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Events

2019 Islamist insurgency in Mozambique: ISIL claims responsibility for a Wednesday attack in Nangade District in Mozambique, which killed seven people. (Business Standards)
2018 The wreckage of Nazi German submarine U-966, which was sunk in November 1943, is discovered off the coast of Galicia, Spain. (BBC)
2017 World heritage sites: In a meeting held in the city of Kraków, Poland, UNESCO decides not to include Machu Picchu on its list of endangered heritage sites due to the steps taken by Peruvian authorities to address concerns about the condition of the Inca citadel. (The Australian)
2016 CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion: Twenty Philippine Army soldiers are under investigation after they are suspected of mutilating the body of a New People's Army member. The communist militant's eyes were gouged, his tongue was cut off and his throat was slit. (GMA News)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): An Iraqi Air Force Sukhoi Su-25 jet, returning from a bombing raid against ISIL militants in the north, accidentally drops a bomb on Baghdad destroying several homes and killing at least 7 civilians. American officials claimed that as many as 65% of Iraqi air force bombers do not drop their bombs due to "lack of targets". (Sky News)
2014 Israeli–Palestinian conflict: 6 Israeli nationals are arrested in relation to the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir as Palestinians continue to riot and clash with police in East Jerusalem and Nazareth. (Jerusalem Post)In response to over 25 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel on Sunday, the IAF carries out airstrikes killing 6 Hamas militants. Over 150 rockets and mortars have been fired into Israeli civilian areas over the past three weeks. (Jerusalem Post)
2013 English rock band, Muse held a concert in Rome, which is called "Live at Rome Olympic Stadium". The concert become the first ever live concert recorded in 4K resolution.
2012 Syrian uprising (2011-present): French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius states that a Syrian commander in the National Guard, Manaf Tlass who fled to Turkey some days ago, is on his way to Paris. (BBC)
2011 Arab Spring:
2010 Australia celebrates indigenous culture for NAIDOC Week with the 2010 theme 'Unsung Heroes - Closing the Gap by Leading Their Way'.(ABC)(NAIDOC)
2009 2009 Honduran coup d'état
2008 Gunmen kill a United Nations official in Mogadishu as he leaves a mosque and injure two others. (AP via CNN)
2007 The 6th United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Ohio rejects a lawsuit against George W. Bush's domestic wiretapping program, saying that the plaintiffs did not have the right to sue. (CNET News)
2006 The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War in 1962, reopens after 44 years. (Zee News), (BBC)
2005 The European Parliament says there will be "No directive on software patents" by rejecting the proposed Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions by a 648-14 vote with 18 abstentions, ending four years of intense debate and lobbying. (BBC) (Forbes) (Bloomberg) (BusinessWeek) (Link dead as of 04:20, 16 January 2007 (UTC))
2004 Major Harry Schmidt of the United States Air Force is found guilty of dereliction of duty in a "friendly fire" bombing that killed four and seriously wounded eight Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan in 2002, given an official reprimand and fined US$5,672, which will be made in two monthly payments of US$2,836. (CNN) (Washington Post)
2003 The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 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.
2001 The film Kiss of the Dragon is released.
2000 A barge and a tug towing it collide off Middletown, Rhode Island, USA, spilling 53,000 litres of oil in Narragansett Bay.
1999 U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
1998 Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
1997 Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical, closes at Royale NYC after 109 performances
1996 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75)
1995 Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon
1994 Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
1993 John F Kennedy Jr, gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan
1992 Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East
1991 98th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats G Sabatini (64 36 86)
1990 After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0
1989 Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game
1988 North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die
1987 Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds
1986 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75)
1984 Warner Communications sells off the home video game and computer systems business of Atari to Jack Tramiel for US$240 million in long-term loans. Warner has the option to purchase up to 32 percent interest in the new company for US$2 per share.
1983 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1982 A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs.
1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1979 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64)
1978 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut
1976 Soyuz 21 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station.
1975 Argentine government falls
1974 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64)
1973 St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore is gazetted as a national monument.
1971 Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
1970 California passes 1st no fault divorce law
1969 Filming begins on Ned Kelly starring Mick Jagger
1968 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75)
1967 Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
1966 Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
1965 Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms.
1964 Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from the UK
1963 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64)
1962 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61)
1961 Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300
1960 Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207-mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City.
1959 5th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1958 Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected President of Mexico
1957 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62)
1956 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
1954 KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Last tram ride in London
1951 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64)
1950 German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
1949 Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
1948 The world's first Air Car-ferry service is flown by a Bristol Freighter of Silver City Airways from Lympne to Le Touquet.
1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
1946 St. Louis Woman closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 performances
1945 Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept United Nations Charter.
1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn
1943 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed
1942 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York
1941 New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield.
1940 British submarine is sunk.
1939 Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
1938 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record hot).
1935 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75)
1933 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
1932 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents
1931 35th US Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio
1928 World's largest hailstones 1.5 pounds (17 inch diameter) fall in Potter, Nebraska, USA.
1924 First photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, USA to England.
1923 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62)
1922 Dutch auto / airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy
1921 Anne Frances Robbins is born in New York City, New York; wife of US President Ronald Reagan.
1920 Yankees score 14 in 5th inning and beat Washington Senators, 17-0
1919 British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr)
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.
1914 The German Kaiser leaves Kiel for a cruise in northern German waters.
1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
1906 The Second Geneva Convention meets.
1905 Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
1903 George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of San Francisco.
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Horst Lange: Writer, dies at 66.
Thomas C Heart: US Admiral / commander (Asiatic fleet).
Sam de Grasse: Dies at 97.
Joe E Brown: Comedian, dies after long illness at 80.
Patrick McVey: Actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63.
Carlos Isamitt: Composer, dies at 87.
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