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| July 6th, 2008 (July 06 2008) | Death | Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (born in 1937) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1958 (July 06 1958) | Birth | Jennifer Saunders, English actress | |
| 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, 1918 (July 06 1918) | Birth | Sebastian Cabot, English actor (died in 1977) | |
| 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, 1898 (July 06 1898) | Birth | Hanns Eisler, German composer (died in 1962) | |
| 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, 1838 (July 06 1838) | Birth | Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (died in 1923) | |
| July 6th, 1818 (July 06 1818) | Birth | Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (died in 1879) | |
| July 6th, 1768 (July 06 1768) | Death | Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (born in 1690) | |
| July 6th, 1758 (July 06 1758) | Death | George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general | |
| July 6th, 1348 (July 06 1348) | Event | Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death. | |
| July 6th, 1218 (July 06 1218) | Death | Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1166) | |
