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July 6: Day of the Week
July 6, 2024 is the 188th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer is the zodiac 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.
July 6 Historical Event(s)
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.
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.
1919
The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
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.
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.
1966
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
1967
Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
1999
U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
2006
The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
Who were born on July 6?
1878
Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
1886
Marc Bloch, French historian (d.1944)
1918
Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
1927
Alan Freeman, Australian-born British DJ and radio personality (d. 2006)
1940
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
1953
Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954
Allyce Beasley, American actress
1963
Lance Johnson, American baseball player
1982
Brandon Jacobs, American football player
1990
Ajoo, South Korean singer
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