A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
July 6: Day of the Week
July 6, 2024 was the 188th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 178 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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)
1189
Richard I “the Lionheart” is crowned King of England.
1253
Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
1557
King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually results in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
1779
Battle of Grenada: French victory over British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
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.
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.
1986
Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
1997
The Troubles: Five days of fierce riots and clashes in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland begin.
Who were born on July 6?
1818
Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
1838
Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian Slavic studies scholar (d. 1923)
1940
Jeannie Seely, American country music singer
1941
Reinhard Roder, German football player and manager
1963
Todd Burns, American baseball player
1972
Mark Gasser, British pianist
1975
Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor
1977
Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
1980
Joell Ortiz, American hip hop artist
1986
Derrick Williams, American football player
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