What Happened on July 6?
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EVENTS ON JULY 6
First Battle of Algeciras
Year:
1801
First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
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Battle of Wagram
Year:
1809
The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Padua
Year:
1791
At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom.
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Battle of Grenada
Year:
1779
Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War.
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Pope Benedict XIV
Year:
1751
Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
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American Revolutionary War
Year:
1777
American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
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Louis Pasteur
Year:
1885
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
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Kalākaua
Year:
1887
David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Year:
1933
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
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Georgia Guidestones
Year:
2022
The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
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BIRTHS ON JULY 6
Arthur Lydiard
Year of birth:
1917
Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (died 2004)
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Harold Norse
Year of birth:
1916
Harold Norse, American poet and author (died 2009)
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Don R. Christensen
Year of birth:
1916
Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (died 2006)
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Leonard Birchall
Year of birth:
1915
Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (died 2004)
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Francisco Monción
Year of birth:
1918
Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (died 1995)
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Sebastian Cabot (actor)
Year of birth:
1918
Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (died 1977)
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Billy and Bobby Mauch
Year of birth:
1921
Billy Mauch, American actor (died 2006)
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Billy and Bobby Mauch
Year of birth:
1921
Bobby Mauch, American actor (died 2007)
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Nancy Reagan
Year of birth:
1921
Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (died 2016)
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Edward Kenna
Year of birth:
1919
Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2009)
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DEATHS ON JULY 6
Wilhelm von Mirbach
Year of death:
1918
Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (born 1871)
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Odilon Redon
Year of death:
1916
Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (born 1840)
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Mary Theresa Ledóchowska
Year of death:
1922
Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (born 1863)
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Kenneth Grahame
Year of death:
1932
Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (born 1859)
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Horace Pippin
Year of death:
1946
Horace Pippin, American painter (born 1888)
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Georges Legagneux
Year of death:
1914
Georges Legagneux, French aviator (born 1882)
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August Bielenstein
Year of death:
1907
August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (born 1826)
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Guy de Maupassant
Year of death:
1893
Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (born 1850)
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Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Year of death:
1901
Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (born 1819)
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Maria Goretti
Year of death:
1902
Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (born 1890)
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HOLIDAYS ON JULY 6
Statehood Day (Lithuania)
Statehood Day (Lithuania)
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Kupala Night
Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
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International Kissing Day
International Kissing Day (informally observed)
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Kazakhstan
Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)
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List of Teachers' Days
Teachers' Day (Peru)
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Maria Goretti
Christian feast day: Maria Goretti
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Romulus of Fiesole
Christian feast day: Romulus of Fiesole
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July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Public holidays in the Czech Republic
Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
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Public holidays in the Comoros
Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
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