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| July 6th, 2008 (July 06 2008) | Death | Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (born in 1937) | |
| July 6th, 2006 (July 06 2006) | Event | The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years. | |
| July 6th, 2006 (July 06 2006) | Death | Kasey Rogers, American actress (born in 1926) | |
| July 6th, 2006 (July 06 2006) | Death | Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (born in 1914) | |
| July 6th, 2005 (July 06 2005) | Death | Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (born in 1923) | |
| July 6th, 2005 (July 06 2005) | Death | L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (born in 1916) | |
| July 6th, 2005 (July 06 2005) | Death | Evan Hunter, American novelist (born in 1926) | |
| July 6th, 2005 (July 06 2005) | Death | Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1913) | |
| July 6th, 2005 (July 06 2005) | Death | Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (born in 1926) | |
| July 6th, 2004 (July 06 2004) | Death | Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (born in 1932) | |
| July 6th, 2004 (July 06 2004) | Death | Syreeta Wright, American singer (born in 1946) | |
| July 6th, 2003 (July 06 2003) | Event | The 70-meter 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, 2044 and 2049 respectively. | |
| July 6th, 2003 (July 06 2003) | Death | Buddy Ebsen, American actor (born in 1908) | |
| July 6th, 2002 (July 06 2002) | Death | Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (born in 1932) | |
| July 6th, 2002 (July 06 2002) | Death | John Frankenheimer, American film director (born in 1930) | |
| July 6th, 1999 (July 06 1999) | Event | U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams. | |
| July 6th, 1999 (July 06 1999) | Death | Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (born in 1938) | |
| July 6th, 1999 (July 06 1999) | Death | Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (born in 1901) | |
| July 6th, 1999 (July 06 1999) | Death | Barry Winchell, American soldier (born in 1977) | |
| July 6th, 1998 (July 06 1998) | Event | Hong Kong s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational. | |
| July 6th, 1998 (July 06 1998) | Death | Roy Rogers, American actor (born in 1911) | |
| July 6th, 1996 (July 06 1996) | Death | Kathy Ahern, American golfer (born in 1949) | |
| July 6th, 1995 (July 06 1995) | Death | Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (born in 1915) | |
| July 6th, 1994 (July 06 1994) | Birth | Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, British actresses | |
| July 6th, 1994 (July 06 1994) | Death | Cameron Mitchell, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| July 6th, 1991 (July 06 1991) | Death | Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (born in 1954) | |
| July 6th, 1989 (July 06 1989) | Event | The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers were killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff. | |
| July 6th, 1989 (July 06 1989) | Death | Janos Kadar, Hungarian politician (born in 1912) | |
| July 6th, 1988 (July 06 1988) | Event | 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. | |
| July 6th, 1987 (July 06 1987) | Birth | Kate Nash, English singer/songwriter | |
| July 6th, 1987 (July 06 1987) | Birth | Matt O Leary, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1987 (July 06 1987) | Birth | Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model | |
| July 6th, 1986 (July 06 1986) | Event | Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France. | |
| July 6th, 1986 (July 06 1986) | Birth | Derrick Williams, American football player | |
| July 6th, 1986 (July 06 1986) | Death | Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (born in 1908) | |
| July 6th, 1984 (July 06 1984) | Birth | Lauren Harris, British rock singer | |
| July 6th, 1984 (July 06 1984) | Birth | James Henderson, American model | |
| July 6th, 1983 (July 06 1983) | Birth | Gregory Smith, Canadian actor | |
| July 6th, 1982 (July 06 1982) | Birth | Tay Zonday, American singer and keyboardist | |
| July 6th, 1982 (July 06 1982) | Death | Bob Johnson, American baseball player (born in 1905) | |
| July 6th, 1981 (July 06 1981) | Birth | Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player | |
| July 6th, 1980 (July 06 1980) | Birth | Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player | |
| July 6th, 1979 (July 06 1979) | Birth | Nic Cester, Australian musician (Jet) | |
| July 6th, 1979 (July 06 1979) | Death | Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter and orchestra leader (born in 1940) | |
| July 6th, 1978 (July 06 1978) | Event | The Taunton sleeping car fire occurred in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people. | |
| July 6th, 1978 (July 06 1978) | Birth | Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, American actresses | |
| July 6th, 1978 (July 06 1978) | Birth | Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player | |
| July 6th, 1977 (July 06 1977) | Birth | Con Blatsis, Australian footballer | |
| July 6th, 1977 (July 06 1977) | Birth | Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer | |
| July 6th, 1977 (July 06 1977) | Birth | Craig Handley, British film director | |
| July 6th, 1976 (July 06 1976) | Death | Zhu De, Chinese Communist military leader and statesman (born in 1886) | |
| July 6th, 1976 (July 06 1976) | Death | Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (born in 1887) | |
| July 6th, 1975 (July 06 1975) | Event | The Comoros declare independence from France. | |
| July 6th, 1975 (July 06 1975) | Birth | Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist | |
| July 6th, 1975 (July 06 1975) | Birth | Sebastian Rulli, Argentine actor | |
| July 6th, 1975 (July 06 1975) | Birth | 50 Cent, American rapper | |
| July 6th, 1975 (July 06 1975) | Death | Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (born in 1908) | Otto Skorzeny Quotes |
| July 6th, 1975 (July 06 1975) | Death | Ruffian, American racehorse (born in 1972) | |
| July 6th, 1974 (July 06 1974) | Birth | Ze Roberto, Brazilian footballer | |
| July 6th, 1973 (July 06 1973) | Death | Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born in 1885) | |
| July 6th, 1972 (July 06 1972) | Birth | Isabelle Boulay, French-Canadian singer | |
| July 6th, 1972 (July 06 1972) | Birth | D-Styles, American scratch DJ | |
| July 6th, 1972 (July 06 1972) | Birth | Greg Norton, American baseball player | |
| July 6th, 1972 (July 06 1972) | Birth | Mark Gasser, British pianist | |
| July 6th, 1972 (July 06 1972) | Death | Brandon De Wilde, American actor (born in 1942) | |
| July 6th, 1971 (July 06 1971) | Birth | Kenya D. Williamson, American actress | |
| July 6th, 1971 (July 06 1971) | Death | Louis Armstrong, American musician (born in 1901) | Louis Armstrong Quotes |
| July 6th, 1970 (July 06 1970) | Birth | Inspectah Deck, American rapper | |
| July 6th, 1970 (July 06 1970) | Birth | Frank Salvato II, Italian-American Sound Engineer and Composer | |
| July 6th, 1970 (July 06 1970) | Birth | Martin Smith, English singer (Delirious?) | |
| July 6th, 1969 (July 06 1969) | Birth | Brian Van Holt, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1969 (July 06 1969) | Birth | Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer | |
| July 6th, 1967 (July 06 1967) | Event | Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war. | |
| July 6th, 1967 (July 06 1967) | Birth | James Hannon, Bronx filmmaker | |
| July 6th, 1967 (July 06 1967) | Birth | Heather Nova, Bermudian singer | |
| July 6th, 1967 (July 06 1967) | Birth | Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| July 6th, 1966 (July 06 1966) | Event | Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as the first President. | |
| July 6th, 1966 (July 06 1966) | Birth | Brian Posehn, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1966 (July 06 1966) | Death | Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (born in 1892) | |
| July 6th, 1964 (July 06 1964) | Event | Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| July 6th, 1963 (July 06 1963) | Birth | Todd Burns, baseball player | |
| July 6th, 1963 (July 06 1963) | Birth | Lance Johnson, American baseball player | |
| July 6th, 1962 (July 06 1962) | Event | Nuclear test shot Sedan; part of Operation Plowshare. | |
| July 6th, 1962 (July 06 1962) | Death | William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1897) | William Faulkner Quotes |
| July 6th, 1962 (July 06 1962) | Death | Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (born in 1872) | |
| July 6th, 1962 (July 06 1962) | Death | Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born in 1899) | |
| July 6th, 1961 (July 06 1961) | Birth | Rick Price, singer/songwriter | |
| July 6th, 1961 (July 06 1961) | Death | Scott LaFaro, American musician (born in 1936) | |
| July 6th, 1961 (July 06 1961) | Death | Woodall Rodgers, American politician (born in 1890) | |
| July 6th, 1960 (July 06 1960) | Death | Aneurin Bevan, British politician (born in 1897) | Aneurin Bevan Quotes |
| July 6th, 1959 (July 06 1959) | Birth | Richard Dacoury, French basketball player | |
| July 6th, 1958 (July 06 1958) | Birth | Jennifer Saunders, English actress | |
| July 6th, 1957 (July 06 1957) | Event | Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so. | |
| July 6th, 1957 (July 06 1957) | Birth | Ron Duguay, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 6th, 1956 (July 06 1956) | Birth | Casey Sander, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1955 (July 06 1955) | Birth | Frank Sontag, American radio personality | |
| July 6th, 1955 (July 06 1955) | Birth | William Wall, Irish writer | |
| July 6th, 1954 (July 06 1954) | Birth | Allyce Beasley, American actress | |
| July 6th, 1954 (July 06 1954) | Birth | Willie Randolph, former New York Mets manager | |
| July 6th, 1953 (July 06 1953) | Birth | Nanci Griffith, American singer | |
| July 6th, 1952 (July 06 1952) | Death | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (born in 1867) | |
| July 6th, 1951 (July 06 1951) | Birth | Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor | |
| July 6th, 1950 (July 06 1950) | Birth | John Byrne, American comic book author & artist | |
| July 6th, 1950 (July 06 1950) | Birth | Helene Scherrer, Canadian politician | |
| July 6th, 1950 (July 06 1950) | Death | Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (born in 1923) | |
| July 6th, 1949 (July 06 1949) | Birth | Phyllis Hyman, American singer (died in 1995) | |
| July 6th, 1948 (July 06 1948) | Birth | Nathalie Baye, French actress | |
| July 6th, 1948 (July 06 1948) | Birth | Jean-Pierre Blackburn, French Canadian politician | |
| July 6th, 1948 (July 06 1948) | Birth | Brad Park, Canadian hockey player | |
| July 6th, 1948 (July 06 1948) | Birth | Tom Curley, American media executive | |
| July 6th, 1947 (July 06 1947) | Event | The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. | |
| July 6th, 1947 (July 06 1947) | Birth | Richard Beckinsale, English actor (died in 1979) | |
| July 6th, 1947 (July 06 1947) | Birth | Lance Clemons, baseball player | |
| July 6th, 1946 (July 06 1946) | Birth | George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States | George W. Bush Quotes |
| July 6th, 1946 (July 06 1946) | Birth | Peter Singer, Australian philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| July 6th, 1946 (July 06 1946) | Birth | Fred Dryer, American football player and actor | |
| July 6th, 1946 (July 06 1946) | Birth | Sylvester Stallone, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1945 (July 06 1945) | Birth | Burt Ward, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1944 (July 06 1944) | Event | The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America s worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut. | |
| July 6th, 1942 (July 06 1942) | Event | Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father s office in an Amsterdam warehouse. | Anne Frank Quotes |
| July 6th, 1940 (July 06 1940) | Birth | Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan | |
| July 6th, 1940 (July 06 1940) | Birth | Jeannie Seely, American singer | |
| July 6th, 1939 (July 06 1939) | Event | Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed. | |
| July 6th, 1939 (July 06 1939) | Birth | Jet Harris, English bass guitarist | |
| July 6th, 1937 (July 06 1937) | Birth | Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-born pianist and conductor | |
| July 6th, 1937 (July 06 1937) | Birth | Ned Beatty, American actor | |
| July 6th, 1937 (July 06 1937) | Birth | Gene Chandler, American singer | |
| July 6th, 1936 (July 06 1936) | Event | 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. | |
| July 6th, 1936 (July 06 1936) | Birth | Dave Allen, Irish comedian (died in 2005) | |
| July 6th, 1935 (July 06 1935) | Birth | Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama | Tenzin Gyatso Quotes |
| July 6th, 1933 (July 06 1933) | Event | The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago s Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League, 4-2. | |
| July 6th, 1933 (July 06 1933) | Birth | Frank Austin, English footballer | |
| July 6th, 1932 (July 06 1932) | Death | Kenneth Grahame, English author (born in 1859) | Kenneth Grahame Quotes |
| July 6th, 1931 (July 06 1931) | Birth | Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman and politician | |
| July 6th, 1931 (July 06 1931) | Birth | Della Reese, American singer | |
| July 6th, 1927 (July 06 1927) | Birth | Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player | |
| July 6th, 1927 (July 06 1927) | Birth | Alan Freeman, British DJ known by his nickname Fluff (died in 2006) | |
| July 6th, 1927 (July 06 1927) | Birth | Janet Leigh, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| July 6th, 1927 (July 06 1927) | Birth | Pat Paulsen, American comedian (died in 1997) | |
| July 6th, 1927 (July 06 1927) | Birth | Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (died in 2004) | |
| July 6th, 1925 (July 06 1925) | Birth | Merv Griffin, American television show host (died in 2007) | |
| July 6th, 1925 (July 06 1925) | Birth | Bill Haley, American singer (died in 1981) | |
| July 6th, 1923 (July 06 1923) | Birth | Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland | |
| July 6th, 1922 (July 06 1922) | Death | Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (born in 1863) | |
| July 6th, 1921 (July 06 1921) | Birth | Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States | Nancy Reagan Quotes |
| July 6th, 1919 (July 06 1919) | Event | The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship. | |
| July 6th, 1919 (July 06 1919) | Birth | Ernst Haefliger, Swiss singer (died in 2007) | |
| July 6th, 1918 (July 06 1918) | Birth | Sebastian Cabot, English actor (died in 1977) | |
| July 6th, 1917 (July 06 1917) | Event | World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt. | |
| July 6th, 1917 (July 06 1917) | Birth | Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (died in 2004) | |
| July 6th, 1916 (July 06 1916) | Death | Odilon Redon, French painter (born in 1840) | |
| July 6th, 1912 (July 06 1912) | Birth | Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (died in 2006) | |
| July 6th, 1908 (July 06 1908) | Event | Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole. | |
| July 6th, 1907 (July 06 1907) | Birth | Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (died in 1954) | Frida Kahlo Quotes |
| July 6th, 1907 (July 06 1907) | Birth | George Stanley, Canadian politician and designer of Canada s Flag (died in 2002) | |
| July 6th, 1907 (July 06 1907) | Death | August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (born in 1826) | |
| July 6th, 1905 (July 06 1905) | Event | Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time. | |
| July 6th, 1904 (July 06 1904) | Birth | Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (died in 1996) | |
| July 6th, 1903 (July 06 1903) | Birth | Hugo Theorell, Nobel laureate (died in 1982) | |
| July 6th, 1902 (July 06 1902) | Death | St. Maria Goretti, Italian saint (born in 1890) | |
| July 6th, 1901 (July 06 1901) | Death | Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1819) | |
| July 6th, 1900 (July 06 1900) | Birth | Frederica Sagor Maas, American playwright | |
| July 6th, 1898 (July 06 1898) | Birth | Hanns Eisler, German composer (died in 1962) | |
| July 6th, 1893 (July 06 1893) | Event | The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200. | |
| July 6th, 1893 (July 06 1893) | Death | Guy de Maupassant, French author (born in 1850) | Guy de Maupassant Quotes |
| July 6th, 1892 (July 06 1892) | Event | Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain. | |
| July 6th, 1892 (July 06 1892) | Event | 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded. | |
| July 6th, 1887 (July 06 1887) | Event | 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. | |
| July 6th, 1887 (July 06 1887) | Birth | Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (died in 1975) | |
| July 6th, 1885 (July 06 1885) | Event | Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. | Louis Pasteur Quotes |
| July 6th, 1885 (July 06 1885) | Birth | Ernst Busch, German field marshal (died in 1945) | |
| July 6th, 1884 (July 06 1884) | Birth | Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (died in 1970) | |
| July 6th, 1878 (July 06 1878) | Birth | Eino Leino, Finnish poet (died in 1926) | |
| July 6th, 1868 (July 06 1868) | Birth | Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (died in 1935) | |
| July 6th, 1868 (July 06 1868) | Death | Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (born in 1840) | |
| July 6th, 1865 (July 06 1865) | Birth | Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (died in 1950) | |
| July 6th, 1859 (July 06 1859) | Birth | Verner von Heidenstam, Nobel laureate (died in 1940) | |
| July 6th, 1854 (July 06 1854) | Event | In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held. | |
| July 6th, 1854 (July 06 1854) | Death | Georg Ohm, German physicist (born in 1789) | |
| July 6th, 1838 (July 06 1838) | Birth | Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (died in 1923) | |
| July 6th, 1837 (July 06 1837) | Birth | Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian scholar (died in 1925) | |
| July 6th, 1835 (July 06 1835) | Death | John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (born in 1755) | John Marshall Quotes |
| July 6th, 1818 (July 06 1818) | Birth | Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (died in 1879) | |
| July 6th, 1817 (July 06 1817) | Birth | Albert von Kolliker, Swiss anatomist (died in 1905) | |
| July 6th, 1813 (July 06 1813) | Death | Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (born in 1735) | |
| July 6th, 1809 (July 06 1809) | Death | Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (born in 1775) | |
| July 6th, 1802 (July 06 1802) | Death | Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (born in ~1735) | |
| July 6th, 1801 (July 06 1801) | Event | Battle of Algeciras: The French navy are defeated by the British Royal Navy. | |
| July 6th, 1796 (July 06 1796) | Birth | Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (died in 1855) | |
| July 6th, 1789 (July 06 1789) | Birth | Maria Isabella of Spain, queen of the Two Sicilies (died in 1846) | |
| July 6th, 1785 (July 06 1785) | Event | The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States. | |
| July 6th, 1785 (July 06 1785) | Birth | William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (died in 1865) | |
| July 6th, 1782 (July 06 1782) | Birth | Maria Louisa of Spain, queen of Etruria (died in 1824) | |
| July 6th, 1777 (July 06 1777) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of Ticonderoga: Due to a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York. | |
| July 6th, 1768 (July 06 1768) | Death | Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (born in 1690) | |
| July 6th, 1766 (July 06 1766) | Birth | Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (died in 1813) | |
| July 6th, 1762 (July 06 1762) | Death | Tsar Peter III of Russia (born in 1728) | |
| July 6th, 1758 (July 06 1758) | Death | George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general | |
| July 6th, 1747 (July 06 1747) | Birth | John Paul Jones, American naval commander (died in 1792) | John Paul Jones Quotes |
| July 6th, 1686 (July 06 1686) | Birth | Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (died in 1758) | |
| July 6th, 1684 (July 06 1684) | Death | Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (born in 1614) | |
| July 6th, 1630 (July 06 1630) | Event | Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany. | |
| July 6th, 1609 (July 06 1609) | Event | Bohemia is granted freedom of religion. | |
| July 6th, 1585 (July 06 1585) | Death | Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (born in 1552) | |
| July 6th, 1583 (July 06 1583) | Death | Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| July 6th, 1573 (July 06 1573) | Event | Cordoba, Argentina, is founded by Jeronimo Luis de Cabrera. | |
| July 6th, 1560 (July 06 1560) | Event | The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England. | |
| July 6th, 1553 (July 06 1553) | Death | King Edward VI of England (born in 1537) | |
| July 6th, 1535 (July 06 1535) | Event | Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII. | |
| July 6th, 1535 (July 06 1535) | Death | Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (born in 1478) | Philo Quotes |
| July 6th, 1533 (July 06 1533) | Death | Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (born in 1474) | Ludovico Ariosto Quotes |
| July 6th, 1495 (July 06 1495) | Event | First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy. | |
| July 6th, 1484 (July 06 1484) | Event | Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cao finds the mouth of the Congo River. | Cao Cao Quotes |
| July 6th, 1483 (July 06 1483) | Event | Richard III is crowned King of England. | |
| July 6th, 1480 (July 06 1480) | Death | Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (born in 1416) | |
| July 6th, 1476 (July 06 1476) | Death | Regiomantus, German astronomer (born in 1436) | |
| July 6th, 1415 (July 06 1415) | Event | Jan Hus is burned at the stake. | |
| July 6th, 1415 (July 06 1415) | Death | Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (born in 1369) | |
| July 6th, 1348 (July 06 1348) | Event | Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death. | |
| July 6th, 1253 (July 06 1253) | Event | Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania. | |
| July 6th, 1249 (July 06 1249) | Death | King Alexander II of Scotland (born in 1198) | |
| July 6th, 1218 (July 06 1218) | Death | Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1166) | |
| July 6th, 1189 (July 06 1189) | Event | Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England. | |
| July 6th, 1189 (July 06 1189) | Death | King Henry II of England (born in 1133) | |
| July 6th, 1044 (July 06 1044) | Event | The Battle of Menfo takes place. | |
