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July 6th


- Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan diaspora)
- Christian Feast Day:
- 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)
- 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, games in honor of Apollo. (Roman Empire)
- The first day of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)

July 6th


- 2006 - The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1989 - The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
- 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.
- 1986 - Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
- 1978 - The Taunton sleeping car fire occurs in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
- 1975 - The Comoros declare independence from France.
- 1967 - Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
- 1966 - Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
- 1964 - Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 - As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- 1957 - Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1957 - John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a fete in Woolton.
- 1947 - The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1944 - 2LT 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.
- 1942 - Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 1939 - Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1919 - The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 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.
- 1905 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 1893 - The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1854 - In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- 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.
- 1801 - Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
- 1785 - The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1779 - Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
- 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.
- 1751 - Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- 1630 - Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- 1609 - Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 1573 - Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
- 1560 - The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
- 1535 - Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1495 - First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
- 1484 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
- 1483 - Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1415 - Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
- 1348 - Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
- 1253 - Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
- 1189 - Richard I "the Lionheart" is crowned King of England.
- 1044 - The Battle of Ménf? between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
- -371 - The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.

July 6th


- 1994 - Camilla Rosso, English actress
- 1994 - Rebecca Rosso, English actress
- 1990 - Ajoo, South Korean singer
- 1990 - Jamal Idris, Australian Rugby League player
- 1990 - Jeremy Suarez, American actor
- 1987 - Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Matt O'Leary, American actor
- 1987 - Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
- 1986 - Sarah Gronert, German tennis player
- 1986 - Derrick Williams, American football player
- 1984 - Lauren Harris, British rock singer
- 1983 - Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
- 1982 - Brandon Jacobs, American football player
- 1981 - Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
- 1980 - Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 - Joell Ortiz, American hip hop artist
- 1979 - Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet)
- 1978 - Tamera Mowry, American actress
- 1978 - Tia Mowry, American actress
- 1978 - Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
- 1977 - Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
- 1977 - Craig Handley, Welsh film director
- 1977 - Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
- 1975 - 50 Cent, American rapper
- 1975 - Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
- 1975 - Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
- 1974 - Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 1974 - Babi Xavier, Brazilian presenter and actress
- 1972 - Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer
- 1972 - Greg Norton, American baseball player
- 1972 - Mark Gasser, British pianist
- 1971 - Kenya D. Williamson, American actress
- 1970 - Inspectah Deck, American rapper
- 1970 - Frank Salvato II, Italian-American sound engineer and composer
- 1969 - Brian Van Holt, American actor
- 1969 - Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
- 1967 - James Hannon, American filmmaker
- 1967 - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter
- 1967 - Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1966 - Brian Posehn, American actor
- 1964 - Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
- 1963 - Todd Burns, American baseball player
- 1963 - Lance Johnson, American baseball player
- 1961 - Robin Antin, American reality television personality and model
- 1961 - Rick Price, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1960 - Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
- 1959 - Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
- 1958 - Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedienne and screenwriter
- 1957 - Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 - Casey Sander, American actor
- 1955 - Frank Sontag, American radio personality
- 1955 - William Wall, Irish writer
- 1954 - Allyce Beasley, American actress
- 1954 - Willie Randolph, American baseball player
- 1953 - Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 - Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
- 1950 - John Byrne, American comic book author and artist
- 1950 - Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
- 1949 - Phyllis Hyman, American soul singer and actress (d. 1995)
- 1948 - Nathalie Baye, French actress
- 1948 - Jean-Pierre Blackburn, French-Canadian politician
- 1948 - Tom Curley, American media executive
- 1948 - Brad Park, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1947 - Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
- 1947 - Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- 1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
- 1946 - Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
- 1946 - Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
- 1945 - Rodney Matthews, English fantasy artist and illustrator
- 1945 - Burt Ward, American actor
- 1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- 1940 - Jeannie Seely, American country music singer
- 1939 - Jet Harris, English bassist (The Shadows)
- 1938 - Luana Patten, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-born pianist and conductor
- 1937 - Ned Beatty, American actor
- 1937 - Gene Chandler, American soul singer
- 1936 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
- 1935 - Candy Barr, American stripper and actress (d. 2005)
- 1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1933 - Frank Austin, English footballer
- 1931 - Jean Campeau, French-Canadian businessman and politician
- 1931 - Della Reese, American singer and actress
- 1930 - Balamurali Krishna, Indian Carnatic musician, poet and composer.
- 1927 - Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player (d. 1988)
- 1927 - Alan Freeman, Australian-born British DJ and radio personality (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1927 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian (d. 1997)
- 1927 - Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Gazi Yasargil, Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon (d. 1993)
- 1925 - Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister and President of Poland
- 1921 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States
- 1919 - Ernst Haefliger, Swiss singer (d. 2007)
- 1918 - Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
- 1917 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Harold Norse, American writer (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter (d. 1984)
- 1912 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006)
- 1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- 1907 - George Stanley, Canadian politician and designer of the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1904 - Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
- 1903 - Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- 1900 - Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright and supercentenarian
- 1898 - Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
- 1897 - Richard Krautheimer, German-American art historian (d.1994)
- 1887 - Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
- 1886 - Marc Bloch, French historian (d.1994)
- 1885 - Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1884 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American railroad executive, yachtsman and bridge player, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1970)
- 1878 - Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
- 1868 - Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, member of the British Royal Family (d. 1935)
- 1865 - Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music educator (d. 1950)
- 1859 - Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
- 1838 - Vatroslav Jagi?, Croatian Slavic studies scholar (d. 1923)
- 1837 - Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian scholar (d. 1925)
- 1818 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1817 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
- 1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
- 1789 - Maria Isabella of Spain, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)
- 1785 - William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
- 1782 - Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca and Queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
- 1781 - Sir Stamford Raffles, British statesman (d. 1826)
- 1766 - Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813)
- 1747 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
- 1736 - Daniel Morgan, American battlefield tactician (d. 1802)
- 1686 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)