WillDekkard
07-06-2010, 06:19 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- July 6th
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* 371 BC The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
* 1044 The Battle of Mιnfő takes place.
* 1189 Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) is crowned King of England.
* 1253 Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
* 1348 Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death.
* 1415 Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
* 1483 Richard III is crowned King of England.
* 1484 Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cγo finds the mouth of the Congo River.
* 1495 First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
* 1535 Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII.
* 1560 The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
* 1573 Cσrdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerσnimo Luis de Cabrera.
* 1609 Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
* 1630 Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
* 1751 Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
* 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.
* 1785 The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
* 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 Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
* 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.
* 1905 Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
* 1917 World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.
* 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, 42.
* 1936 A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet into the River Irwell.
* 1939 Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
* 1942 Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
* 1944 The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
* 1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
* 1957 Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
* 1957 John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a fete in Woolton.
* 1962 Nuclear test shot Sedan; part of Operation Plowshare.
* 1964 Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1966 Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as the first President.
* 1967 Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
* 1975 The Comoros declare independence from France.
* 1978 The Taunton sleeping car fire occurred in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
* 1986 Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
* 1988 The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster.
* 1989 The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
* 1998 Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
* 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 transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
* 2003 The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message Cosmic Call 2 to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris that will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
* 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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- July 6th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 371 BC The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
* 1044 The Battle of Mιnfő takes place.
* 1189 Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) is crowned King of England.
* 1253 Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
* 1348 Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death.
* 1415 Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
* 1483 Richard III is crowned King of England.
* 1484 Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cγo finds the mouth of the Congo River.
* 1495 First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
* 1535 Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII.
* 1560 The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
* 1573 Cσrdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerσnimo Luis de Cabrera.
* 1609 Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
* 1630 Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
* 1751 Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
* 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.
* 1785 The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
* 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 Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
* 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.
* 1905 Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
* 1917 World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.
* 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, 42.
* 1936 A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet into the River Irwell.
* 1939 Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
* 1942 Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
* 1944 The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
* 1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
* 1957 Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
* 1957 John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a fete in Woolton.
* 1962 Nuclear test shot Sedan; part of Operation Plowshare.
* 1964 Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
* 1966 Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as the first President.
* 1967 Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
* 1975 The Comoros declare independence from France.
* 1978 The Taunton sleeping car fire occurred in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
* 1986 Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
* 1988 The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster.
* 1989 The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
* 1998 Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
* 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 transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
* 2003 The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message Cosmic Call 2 to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris that will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
* 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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