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, 486,600 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 ‘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
- 1609 –Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 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.
- 1919 –The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1997 –The Troubles: Five days of fierce riots and clashes in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland begin.
- 1998 –Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1782 –Maria Luisa of Spain, Duchess of Lucca and Queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
- 1897 –Richard Krautheimer, German-American art historian (d.1994)
- 1925 –Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
- 1941 –Reinhard Roder, German football player and manager
- 1960 –Maria Wasiak, Polish CEO of Polish State Railways
- 1964 –Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
- 1978 –Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987 –Matt O'Leary, American actor
- 1990 –Ajoo, South Korean singer
- 1994 –Rebecca Rosso, English actress
Who died on July 6?
- 1218 –Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- 1854 –Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
- 1883 –Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer (b. 1853)
- 1950 –Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpetist (b. 1923)
- 1962 –William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1971 –Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1901)
- 2004 –Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
- 2006 –Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2009 –Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)
- 2009 –Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
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