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 187^th 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, 1,751,760,000 seconds 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.

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.

July 6 Historical Events

• 1189 –
  Richard I “the Lionheart” is crowned King of England.
• 1415 –
  Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
• 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.
• 1609 –
  Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
• 1785 –
  The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
• 1885 –
  Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• 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.
• 1942 –
  Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the “Secret Annexe” above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
• 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?

• 1837 –
  Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian scholar (d. 1925)
• 1865 –
  Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music educator (d. 1950)
• 1868 –
  Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, member of the British Royal Family (d. 1935)
• 1916 –
  Harold Norse, American writer (d. 2009)
• 1936 –
  Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
• 1945 –
  Rodney Matthews, English fantasy artist and illustrator
• 1947 –
  Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1957 –
  Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 –
  Robin Antin, American reality television personality and model
• 1972 –
  Mark Gasser, British pianist

Who died on July 6?

• 1553 –
  King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
• 1762 –
  Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
• 1868 –
  Sanosuke Harada, Japanese Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
• 1907 –
  August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 –
  Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1922 –
  Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863)
• 1964 –
  Claude V. Ricketts, United States naval admiral (b. 1906)
• 2005 –
  Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2006 –
  Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
• 2009 –
  Johnny Collins, British folk and maritime music singer (b. 1938)