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July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 178 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
• 1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
• 1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne.
• 1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
• 1348 – Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
• 1415 – Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
• 1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
• 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
• 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
• 1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
• 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually results in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
• 1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
• 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
• 1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
• 1630 – Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
• 1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga – After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• 1779 – Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
• 1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
• 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram sees a French victory over the Austrian army in the largest battle yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States 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.
• 1887 – David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of the Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
• 1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
• 1892 – 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
• 1893 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
• 1905 – Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
• 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.
• 1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
• 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.
• 1936 – A 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.
• 1939 – Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
• 1941 – Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
• 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
• 1944 – The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
• 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• 1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• 1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles are introduced to each other when Lennon's band the Quarrymen performs at the St. Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
• 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• 1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• 1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
• 1975 – The Comoros declare independence from France.
• 1978 – The Taunton sleeping car fire occurs in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
• 1986 – Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
• 1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
• 1989 – The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus is driving by the edge of a cliff.
• 1994 – Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
• 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".
• 1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
• 1998 – Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2006 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.

Births

• 1580 – Johann Stobäus, German composer (d. 1646)
• 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1676)
• 1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian composer and musician (d. 1729)
• 1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)
• 1736 – Daniel Morgan, American soldier and politician (d. 1802)
• 1747 – John Paul Jones, American navy commander (d. 1792)
• 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
• 1781 – Stamford Raffles, English statesman (d. 1826)
• 1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca (d. 1824)
• 1785 – William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
• 1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
• 1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
• 1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
• 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
• 1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
• 1837 – Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian scholar and orientalist (d. 1925)
• 1838 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar (d. 1923)
• 1840 – José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
• 1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
• 1875 – Charles Perrin, French rower (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
• 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman, yachtsman, and bridge player (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian (d.1944)
• 1887 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
• 1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and super-centenarian (d. 2012)
• 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
• 1904 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th general of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
• 1907 – George Stanley, Canadian politician, designer of the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Harold Norse, American writer (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 40th First Lady of the United States
• 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish military officer and politician, 1st President of Poland
• 1924 – Louie Bellson, Italian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and businessman, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and musician (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Gazi Yasargil, Turkish scientist and neurosurgeon (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player (d. 1988)
• 1927 – Alan Freeman, Australian-English radio host (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1930 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian singer, musician, poet, and composer
• 1931 – Jean Campeau, French-Canadian businessman and politician
• 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer
• 1932 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and educator
• 1933 – Frank Austin, English footballer
• 1935 – Candy Barr, American stripper, model, and porn actress (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, Chinese monk, 14th Dalai Lama and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
• 1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
• 1937 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1938 – Luana Patten, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1939 – Jet Harris, English bassist (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Mary Peters, English athlete
• 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
• 1940 – Jeannie Seely, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1941 – Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
• 1944 – Byron Berline, American fiddler (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
• 1945 – Rodney Matthews, English artist
• 1945 – Burt Ward, American actor
• 1946 – George W. Bush, American politician, 43rd President of the United States
• 1946 – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
• 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
• 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 – Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
• 1947 – Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn, French-Canadian politician
• 1948 – Tom Curley, American journalist and businessman
• 1948 – Brad Park, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
• 1949 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
• 1950 – John Byrne, American writer and illustrator (X-Men)
• 1950 – Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
• 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
• 1952 – George Athans, Canadian water skier
• 1952 – Grant Goodeve, American actor
• 1952 – Hilary Mantel, English author
• 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Allyce Beasley, American actress
• 1954 – Willie Randolph, American baseball player
• 1955 – Frank Sontag, American radio host
• 1955 – William Wall, Irish writer
• 1956 – Casey Sander, American actor
• 1957 – Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Mark Benson, English cricket player
• 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress and screenwriter
• 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
• 1960 – Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
• 1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businessman
• 1961 – Robin Antin, American dancer, choreographer, and businesswoman
• 1961 – Rick Price, Australian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1962 – Peter Hedges, American novelist, screenwriter, and director
• 1963 – Todd Burns, American baseball player
• 1963 – Lance Johnson, American baseball player
• 1964 – Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
• 1966 – Brian Posehn, American actor
• 1967 – James Hannon, American author, director, and producer
• 1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet
• 1967 – Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1968 – Gaspare Manos, Italian artist
• 1969 – Brian Van Holt, American actor
• 1969 – Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
• 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 1971 – Josh Elliott, American journalist
• 1971 – Kenya D. Williamson, American actress, author, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer
• 1972 – Greg Norton, American baseball player
• 1972 – Mark Gasser, English pianist
• 1972 – Christian Meoli, American actor
• 1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 – Babi Xavier, Brazilian actress and singer
• 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
• 1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
• 1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
• 1977 – Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
• 1977 – Craig Handley, Welsh director
• 1977 – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
• 1978 – Adam Busch, American actor
• 1978 – Tamera Mowry, American actress
• 1978 – Tia Mowry, American actress
• 1978 – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet and The Wrights)
• 1979 – C. J. Hobgood, American surfer
• 1979 – Damien Hobgood, American surfer
• 1979 – Abdul Salis, English actor
• 1980 – Kenny Deuchar, Scottish footballer
• 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• 1980 – Joell Ortiz, American rapper (Slaughterhouse)
• 1980 – Demorrio Williams, American football player
• 1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
• 1981 – Mike Karney, American football player
• 1981 – Emily West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
• 1982 – Bree Robertson, Australian gymnast and actress
• 1982 – Sierra Sinn, American porn actress
• 1982 – Misty Upham, American actress
• 1982 – Tay Zonday, American actor and singer
• 1983 – Brady Bluhm, American-English actor
• 1983 – Christine Firkins, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
• 1983 – D. Woods, American singer, dancer, and actress (Danity Kane)
• 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
• 1984 – Lauren Harris, English singer
• 1984 – Natasha Zlobina, French actress and model
• 1985 – Maria Arredondo, Norwegian singer
• 1985 – Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
• 1985 – Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress
• 1986 – Leon Frierson, American actor
• 1986 – Sarah Gronert, German tennis player
• 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
• 1986 – Derrick Williams, American football player
• 1987 – Sophie Auster, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
• 1987 – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Matt O'Leary, American actor
• 1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
• 1988 – Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
• 1988 – Brittany Underwood, American actress
• 1990 – Ajoo, South Korean singer and dancer
• 1990 – Magaye Gueye, French footballer
• 1990 – Jamal Idris, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
• 1991 – Ashley Lloyd, English actor and dancer
• 1991 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
• 1993 – Jeremiah Godby, American runner
• 1994 – Camilla Rosso, English actress
• 1994 – Rebecca Rosso, English actress
• 1996 – Robert Naylor, Canadian actor
• 1996 – Sigrid Schjetne, Norwegian homicide victim (d. 2012)

Deaths

• 918 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
• 966 – Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)
• 1017 – Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942)
• 1189 – Henry II of England (b. 1133)
• 1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
• 1249 – Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
• 1415 – Jan Hus, Bohemian priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
• 1476 – Regiomontanus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
• 1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
• 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
• 1535 – Thomas More, English lawyer, author, and philosopher (b. 1478)
• 1553 – Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
• 1583 – Edmund Grindal, English Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1519)
• 1585 – Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
• 1684 – Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
• 1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general (b. 1725)
• 1762 – Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
• 1768 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
• 1802 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
• 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
• 1813 – Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (b. 1735)
• 1835 – John Marshall, American politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
• 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
• 1863 – Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
• 1868 – Harada Sanosuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1840)
• 1883 – Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer (b. 1853)
• 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
• 1901 – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, German statesman, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
• 1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1930 – Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (b. 1869)
• 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian guerrilla leader and army commander (b. 1888)
• 1950 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player (b. 1923)
• 1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian politician (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
• 1959 – George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
• 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, English politician (b. 1897)
• 1961 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
• 1961 – Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
• 1962 – William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1962 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
• 1963 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
• 1964 – Claude V. Ricketts, American navy admiral (b. 1906)
• 1966 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
• 1968 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Brandon deWilde, American actor (b. 1942)
• 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1975 – Otto Skorzeny, German SS commandor (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 1982 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
• 1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
• 1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
• 1999 – Gary M. Heidnik, American convicted rapist and murderer (b. 1943)
• 1999 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
• 1999 – Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
• 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist, composer, and author (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
• 2002 – John Frankenheimer, American director (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Bruno Augenstein, German mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2005 – L. Patrick Gray, American FBI director (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American novelist (b. 1939)
• 2008 – Bobby Durham, American drummer (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Johnny Collins, English singer (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Leo Mol, Ukrainian-Canadian artist (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Tilly Armstrong, English author (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth) (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Ibrahim Balandiya, Sudanese politician
• 2012 – Charles Drake American football player (b. 1981)
• 2012 – Bruce Biers Kendall, American businessman and politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Bill Norrie, Manitoban politician, 39th Mayor of Winnipeg (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Angelo Paternoster, American football player (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Sebastijan Pecjak, Slovenian darts player
• 2012 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef (b. 1983)
• 2012 – Al Ulbrickson, American rower (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan diaspora)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Maria Goretti
  • Romulus of Fiesole
  • July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)
• Day of the Capital, established in 2008. (Kazakhstan)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
• Independence Day/Republic Day, celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.
• Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
• Statehood Day (Lithuania)
• Teacher's Day (Peru)
• The earliest date for summer solstice in Julian calendar system, which corresponds to June 23:
  • The first night of Ivan Kupala Day (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
• The first day of Ludi Apollinares (Roman Empire)
• The first day of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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