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

  • 371 BC –
    The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
  • 1415 –
    Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1779 –
    Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1966 –
    Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
  • 1967 –
    Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
  • 1975 –
    The Comoros declare independence from France.
  • 1978 –
    The Taunton sleeping car fire occurs in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
  • 1994 –
    Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
  • 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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