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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 187th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 23, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,196,000 minutes 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 ‘hectaoctacontaheptagon’ day.
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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 226 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 4,580 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 6 Historical Events
- 1348 –Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
- 1801 –Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
- 1892 –Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 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.
- 1994 –Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1898 –Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
- 1925 –Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
- 1978 –Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
- 1980 –Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1987 –Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
Who died on July 6?
- 1950 –Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpetist (b. 1923)
- 1952 –Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
- 1963 –Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, Russian-born head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899)
- 1964 –Claude V. Ricketts, United States naval admiral (b. 1906)
- 1982 –Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
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