About July 6
July 6, 2024 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.
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Cancer is the sun 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.
What Happened On July 6
- 1483 –Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1495 –First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
- 1560 –The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
- 1573 –Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
- 1751 –Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
- 1785 –The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1801 –Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
- 1809 –The second day of the Battle of Wagram sees a French victory over the Austrian army in the largest battle yet of the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1887 –David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of the Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
- 1905 –Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 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.
- 1936 –A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 ft into the River Irwell.
- 1939 –Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1947 –The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
- 1964 –Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1966 –Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
- 1994 –Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
- 1998 –Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
- 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.
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