What Happened On July 6

What Happened On Jul 6 Timeline

1758 Jul 6
to 1758 Jul 8
 Battle Of Carillon
In 1758 two of the British expeditions were successful, with Fort Duquesne and Louisbourg falling to sizable British forces. The third was stopped with the improbable French victory in th...
1758 Jul 6 Carlo Rezzonico (Clement XIII) elected Pope
Pope Clement XIII (Venice, 7 March 1693 – 2 February 1769 in Rome), born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was Pope from 16 July 1758 to 2 February 1769. He was born to a recently ennobled...
1759 Jul 6
to 1759 Jul 26
 Battle Of Fort Niagara
The Battle of Fort Niagara was a siege late in the French and Indian War, the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War. The British siege of Fort Niagara in July 1759 was part of a ...
1779 Jul 6 Battle of Grenada
The French fleet, under Admiral Comte d'Estaing, consisted of 25 ships of the line and several frigates. The British fleet, under Vice-Admiral John Byron, had 21 ships of the line and 1 f...
1781 Jul 6 Battle of Green Spring
Lord Cornwallis having failed to defeat the Marquis de Lafayette in the campaign in Virginia, was marching from Williamsburg to position his army at a secure port, Yorktown. Lafayette was...
1782 Jul 6 Battle Of Negapatam
The Battle of Negapatam was the third in the series of battles fought between a British fleet under Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the c...
1863 Jul 6
to 1863 Jul 16
 Battle of Williamsport - Lee's Army Constructs Bridge
The Battle of Williamsport, also known as the Battle of Hagerstown or Falling Waters, took place from July 6 to July 16, 1863, in Washington County, Maryland, as part of the Gettysburg Ca...
1885 Jul 6 Louis Pasteur Uses First Successful Rabies Vaccine
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: My strength lies solely in my tenacity." —Louis Pasteur
1898 Jul 6 Annexation of Hawaii by the United States
When William McKinley won the presidential election in November 1896, the question of Hawaii's annexation to the U.S. was again opened. The previous president, Grover Cleveland, was a fri...
1907 Jul 6 Frida Kahlo is Born as Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón
Born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón on July 6, 1907, in Coyocoán, Mexico City, Mexico. Considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists, Frida Kahlo began painting after she was sev...
1920 Jul 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for Vice President
The 1920 Democratic National Convention chose Roosevelt as the candidate for Vice President of the United States on the ticket headed by Governor James M. Cox of Ohio, helping build a nat...
1933 Jul 6 First Major League All-Star Game
The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for The Chicago Tribune. Initially intended...
1936 Jul 6 Agatha Christie publishes Murder in Mesopotamia
Murder in Mesopotamia is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on July 6, 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company lat...
1940 Jul 6 First German Bombs Fall on the English City of Plymouth
The Plymouth Blitz was a series of bombing raids carried out by the Nazi German Luftwaffe on the English city of Plymouth in the Second World War. The bombings launched on numerous Britis...
1941 Jul 6
to 1941 Aug 5
 Battle of Smolensk (1941)
The Battle of Smolensk was a successful encirclement operation by Army Group Centre's 2nd Panzer Army led by Heinz Guderian and the 3rd Panzer Army led by Hermann Hoth of parts of four So...
1942 Jul 6 Anne Frank and her Family Move into their Amsterdam Hiding Place to Evade the Nazis
On the morning of Monday, 6 July 1942, the family moved into the hiding place. Their apartment was left in a state of disarray to create the impression that they had left suddenly, and Ot...
1944 Jul 6 Hartford Circus Fire
The worst tragedy in the annals of circus history occurred during the afternoon show of the Ringling Brothers Circus on July 6, 1944, at Hartford, Connecticut. With nearly 7,000 people en...
1944 Jul 6
to 1944 Jul 15
 Operation Ostra Brama
Operation Ostra Brama (lit. Operation Sharp Gate) was an armed conflict during World War II between the Polish Home Army and the Nazi German occupiers of Vilnius (Polish: Wilno). It began...
1946 Jul 6 George Walker Bush is Born
George Walker Bush is George and Barbara Bush's first child. George W., shown here in 1947, was born on July 6, 1946, as his father was finishing his studies at Yale University.
1957 Jul 6 Althea Gibson Wins The Women's Singles Title At Wimbledon
On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson won the women's singles title at Wimbledon. She was the first African American to win a tennis championship at the historic All England Lawn Tennis & Croque...
1957 Jul 6 John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
In March 1957 John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen. McCartney met Lennon on 6 July 1957, and agreed to join the group a few days later.
1962 Jul 6 William Faulkner Dies
Faulkner died on July 6, 1962, of a heart attack in Byhalia, Mississippi. He willed the major manuscripts and personal papers in his possession to the Albert and Shirley Small Special Col...
1964 Jul 6 "A Hard Day's Night" Is Released
A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British comedy film written by Alun Owen starring The Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. I...
1971 Jul 6 Louis Armstrong Dies
Armstrong died just after a heart attack on July 6, 1971, a month before his 70th birthday, and 11 months after playing a famous show at the Waldorf-Astoria's Empire Room. Shortly before ...
1985 Jul 6 Aretha Franklin Returns to the Top Ten with "Freeway of Love"
July 6, 1985: “Freeway of Love,” by Aretha Franklin, marks the soul diva’s return to the Top Ten for the first time in more than a decade.
1987 Jul 6 Grateful Dead Releases In the Dark
In the Dark is the twelfth studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between January 6 and 13, 1987 and originally released on July 6, 1987. In the Dark was the band's first a...
1988 Jul 6 Piper Alpha Disaster
The Piper Alpha story can be told in flat statistics and lose none of its capacity to horrify. The first explosion took place at around 10pm, when a cloud of gas condensate, leaking from ...
1989 Jul 6 Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus 405 attack
The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus 405 attack occurred on July 6, 1989. Abd al-Hadi Ghanayem, a Palestinian traveling in a crowded bus en route from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem seized the steering whee...
1991 Jul 6 MST3K Ep. 306 - "Time of the Apes"
A woman and two children take refuge in cryogenic capsules, only to awake as fugitives in a world populated by apes. Also shown in experiment K17.
1999 Jul 6 Ratt release the self-titled album
Ratt is the self titled and sixth album of Ratt. Often referred to as "1999" by fans (partially to avoid confusion with their EP, which was also self-titled). This album saw the band's mu...
2002 Jul 6
to 2002 Jul 28
 Lance Armstrong wins 89th Tour de France
The 2002 Tour de France started in Luxembourg on July 6, 2002, and ended in Paris on July 28. France was visited counter-clockwise, so the Pyrenees were there before the Alps. On average,...
2004 Jul 6 Boston Red Sox defeat Oakland Athletics, 11-0
Dale Sveum took a swig from his postgame beverage and smiled when he was asked the question the Fenway Park crowd of 35,302 had to be contemplating as it exited after last night's 11-0 ro...
2005 Jul 6 Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 7-4
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Johnny Damon wasn't afraid to give his opinion on Curt Schilling being added to the bullpen before last night's 7-4 victory over the Rangers. And when Damon was told a...
2006 Jul 6 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 12-5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Joe Maddon did the best he could. One of his Full Maddon 2-1-4 zone defenses had taken a ball off the bat of David Ortiz that would have been a hit 999 times out o...
2007 Jul 6 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-2
The Tigers rolled out the major leagues' most potent offense. The Red Sox rolled out Jeff Bailey, not to be confused with Buddy, Bob, or Beetle. The hard-line Sox fans undoubtedly will...
2007 Jul 6 FDA Approves Novartis's Exelon Patch
Identification Exelon is the brand name for Rivastigmine, a medication prescribed in the treatment of dementia caused by mild to moderate Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. It is...
2007 Jul 6 Texas Rangers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 4-3
Coming up short The Orioles tied the game in the ninth inning as Brian Roberts hit an RBI double to right-center off Rangers closer Eric Gagne, who blew his first save of the season. B...
2008 Jul 6 Hannah Montana Season 2 Episode 24
Miley and Jackson forget their dad birthday, so they plan a surprise party to make him believe that they didn't forget. Lily and Oliver have found a chip that resembles Darth Vader and tr...
2008 Jul 6 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
NEW YORK --Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Boston...
2008 Jul 6 Texas Rangers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 11-10
A recap of the Orioles' 11-10 loss to the Rangers yesterday: One run short Trailing 11-5 in the eighth inning, the Orioles certainly didn't go quietly, getting a three-run homer fro...
2009 Jul 6 Ayatollah Khamenei Decries Western 'Lies' DepictiIng Iranian Protesters as 'Rioters'
(CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader blamed enemies and outsiders on Monday for the turmoil that followed last month's presidential elections, according to an Iranian news agency. To a gat...
2009 Jul 6 Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara Dies
(CNN) - Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a key architect of the U.S. war in Vietnam under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, has died at age 93, according to his...
2009 Jul 6 Iran's Revolutionary Guard Acknowledges Taking a Bigger Role in Nation's Security
The top leaders of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard publicly acknowledged they had taken over the nation's security during the post-election unrest and warned late Sunday, in a threat aga...
2009 Jul 6 Lady Gaga Releases "Paparazzi"
"Paparazzi" is a song by American pop recording artist, Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame. Written by Rob Fusari and Gaga, the song served as the album's third single in the United...
2009 Jul 6 Oakland Athletics defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-0
Scroll down the Red Sox averages today, slowly, and try to pick out the common trend. It should not take long: They all start with a ‘2’. Jacoby Ellsbury leads the bunch at .299. It’s tru...
2009 Jul 6 Oldest Known Bible Uploaded to the Internet
(CNN) -- The world's oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday -- but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches today. Discovered in a monastery in t...
2009 Jul 6 President Obama Arrives in Moscow to Discuss Arms Controls
The United States and Russia, seeking to move forward on one of the most significant arms control treaties since the end of the cold war, have reached a preliminary agreement on cutting e...
2009 Jul 6 Robert McNamara Dies
Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense. McNamara served as Defense Secretary for Presidents John F. K...
2009 Jul 6 Third meeting of the Illinois Admissions Review Commission
"I should have stood in the door. ... This was a bad moment for me personally." —Richard Herman, Chancellor of University of Illinois
2009 Jul 6 Toronto Blue Jays defeat New York Yankees, 7-6
The clutch hits have come with such frequency and the magic momentswith such fervor recently that the only question appeared to be whichYankee would be ducking the latest A.J. Burnett pos...