About July 6

July 6, 2025 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.

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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 226 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On July 6

  • 371 BC –
    The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
  • 1348 –
    Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting the Jews accused to have caused the Black Death.
  • 1484 –
    Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
  • 1495 –
    First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
  • 1535 –
    Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
  • 1560 –
    The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1854 –
    In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
  • 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.
  • 1892 –
    3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
  • 1892 –
    Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
  • 1893 –
    The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
  • 1919 –
    The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
  • 1944 –
    Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.
  • 1957 –
    John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles are introduced to each other when Lennon’s band the Quarrymen performs at the St. Peter’s Church Hall fête in Woolton.
  • 1994 –
    Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
  • 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.

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