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
- 1044 –The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
- 1483 –Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1535 –Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1630 –Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- 1892 –Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 1967 –Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
- 1986 –Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
- 1994 –Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1887 –Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
- 1912 –Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006)
- 1947 –Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1948 –Jean-Pierre Blackburn, French-Canadian politician
- 1956 –Casey Sander, American actor
- 1963 –Lance Johnson, American baseball player
- 1971 –Kenya D. Williamson, American actress
- 1974 –Babi Xavier, Brazilian presenter and actress
- 1980 –Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1984 –Lauren Harris, British rock singer
Who died on July 6?
- 1533 –Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
- 1904 –Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet (b. 1845)
- 1907 –August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
- 1959 –George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
- 1977 –Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (b. 1907)
- 1979 –Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter and orchestra leader (b. 1940)
- 1991 –Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- 1999 –Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
- 2006 –Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
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