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.
  • 1189 –
    Richard I “the Lionheart” is crowned King of England.
  • 1560 –
    The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
  • 1630 –
    Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
  • 1779 –
    Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1893 –
    The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
  • 1917 –
    World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • 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.
  • 1957 –
    Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
  • 1964 –
    Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1975 –
    The Comoros declare independence from France.
  • 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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