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
- 1348 –Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
- 1535 –Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
- 1609 –Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
- 1630 –Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
- 1751 –Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- 1854 –In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- 1885 –Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
- 1905 –Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 1966 –Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
- 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.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1878 –Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
- 1904 –Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
- 1918 –Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
- 1937 –Gene Chandler, American soul singer
- 1947 –Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
- 1948 –Nathalie Baye, French actress
- 1958 –Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedienne and screenwriter
- 1966 –Brian Posehn, American actor
- 1972 –Mark Gasser, British pianist
- 1987 –Matt O'Leary, American actor
Who died on July 6?
- 1189 –King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1553 –King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
- 1863 –Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
- 1868 –Sanosuke Harada, Japanese Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
- 1971 –Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1901)
- 1991 –Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- 1996 –Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
- 2000 –Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and memoir writer (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
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