What are the important events that happened on July 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 6 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 23, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,670,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctacontaoctagon’ day.
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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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 207 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,215 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 6 Historical Events
- 1484 –Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
- 1560 –The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
- 1573 –Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
- 1785 –The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1854 –In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
- 1919 –The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 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.
- 1964 –Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1994 –Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
- 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.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1785 –William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
- 1818 –Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1885 –Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1903 –Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- 1949 –Phyllis Hyman, American soul singer and actress (d. 1995)
- 1950 –John Byrne, American comic book author and artist
- 1964 –Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
- 1967 –Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1969 –Brian Van Holt, American actor
- 1975 –50 Cent, American rapper
Who died on July 6?
- 1585 –Thomas Aufield, English priest and Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
- 1863 –Ernst Merck, German businessman and politician (d. 1811)
- 1962 –William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1966 –Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
- 1982 –Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- 1986 –Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
- 1995 –Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
- 2005 –Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
- 2009 –Leo Mol, Ukrainian Canadian artist and sculptor (b. 1915)
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