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This day in history: 6 July

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358 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 6 July.
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2022: The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Blessed Mary Theresa Ledóchowska

Christian feast day: Goar of Aquitaine

Christian feast day: July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Maria Goretti

Christian feast day: Moninne

Christian feast day: Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa

Christian feast day: Romulus of Fiesole

Christian feast day: Thomas More

Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)

Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)

Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.

Independence Day (Malawi), celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.

Events

2022The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.

2021An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.

2013A 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.

2013A 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.

2013At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.

2006The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.

2003The 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, an

1998Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.

1997The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.

1996A 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.

1995In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

1989The 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.

1988The 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.

1982While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board.

1975The Comoros declares independence from France.

1967Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.

1966Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.

1964Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

1962As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.

1962The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.

1957Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.

1957John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.

1947Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.

1947The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.

1944Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to his court-martial.

1944The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.

1942Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

1941World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.

1940Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.

1939Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.

1937Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.

1936A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.

1933The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.

1919The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

1918The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.

1917World 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.

1892Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

1887David 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.

1885Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

1854The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.

Born on this day

2000Zion Williamson, American basketball player

1998Comethazine, American rapper

1995Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer

1994Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player

1992Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player

1992Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player

1990Jae Crowder, American basketball player

1990Jamal Idris, Australian rugby league player

1990Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player

1990Magaye Gueye, French footballer

1988Cody Fern, Australian actor

1988Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer

1987Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model

1987Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

1987Manteo Mitchell, American runner

1987Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress

1986David Karp, American businessman, founder of Tumblr

1985Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor

1984Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater

1983Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer

1982Brandon Jacobs, American football player

1982Misty Upham, American actress (died 2014)

1981Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player

1981Roman Shirokov, Russian footballer

1980Eva Green, French actress and model

1980Joell Ortiz, American rapper

1980Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player

1979Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

1978Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer

1978Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player

1978Tamera Mowry, American actress and producer

1978Tia Mowry, American actress and producer

1977Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer

1977Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player

1976Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic

1976Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer

197550 Cent, American rapper and actor

1975Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist

1975Kristian Woolf, Australian rugby league player and coach

1975Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model

Died on this day

2026Megas, Icelandic musician (born 1945)

2024Khyree Jackson, American football player (born 1999)

2022Arnaldo Pambianco, Italian former professional road racing cyclist (born 1935)

2022James Caan, American actor (born 1940)

2022Norah Vincent, American writer (born 1968)

2020Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (born 1936)

2020Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (born 1928)

2020Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (born 1962)

2019Cameron Boyce, American actor (born 1999)

2019João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (born 1931)

2018Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (born 1955)

2015Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (born 1937)

2014Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (born 1927)

2013Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (born 1935)

2012Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (born 1939)

2011Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (born 1985)

2010Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)

2009Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1916)

2009Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (born 1932)

2007Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (born 1939)

2006Kasey Rogers, American actress (born 1925)

2005Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)

2005Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (born 1926)

2004Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (born 1946)

2004Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (born 1932)

2003Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1908)

2003Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (born 1930)

2002Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (born 1932)

2002John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

2000Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (born 1911)

Quote of the day

“Confine yourself to the present.”

Marcus Aurelius

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