What are the important events that happened on July 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 6 is the 188th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 23, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,840 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontaoctagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 207 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,215 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 6 Historical Events
- 1483 –Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1609 –Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 1779 –Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1801 –Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
- 1885 –Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1957 –Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 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.
- 2006 –The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1817 –Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905)
- 1930 –Balamurali Krishna, Indian Carnatic musician, poet and composer.
- 1933 –Frank Austin, English footballer
- 1937 –Gene Chandler, American soul singer
- 1939 –Mary Peters, British athlete
- 1954 –Willie Randolph, American baseball player
- 1971 –Kenya D. Williamson, American actress
- 1974 –Babi Xavier, Brazilian presenter and actress
- 1975 –Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
- 1990 –Jeremy Suarez, American actor
Who died on July 6?
- 1533 –Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
- 1585 –Thomas Aufield, English priest and Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
- 1684 –Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
- 1854 –Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
- 1863 –Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
- 1868 –Sanosuke Harada, Japanese Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
- 1976 –Zhu De, Chinese Communist military leader and statesman (b. 1886)
- 1994 –Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1994 –Geoff McQueen, British television screenwriter (b. 1947)
- 1999 –Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
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