July 6

July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place
• 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
• 1044 – The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by Samuel Aba, King of Hungary, takes place.
• 1189 – Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne.
• 1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
• 1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
• 1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
• 1415 – Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.
• 1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
• 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
• 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
• 1535 – Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
• 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
• 1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
• 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
• 1573 – French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.
• 1614 – Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
• 1630 – Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
• 1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
• 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.
• 1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
• 1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
• 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
• 1865 – The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.
• 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• 1887 – David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
• 1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
• 1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
• 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.
• 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 defeated the National League 4–2.
• 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
• 1939 – Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
• 1940 – Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
• 1941 – Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
• 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
• 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 and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
• 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• 1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• 1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
• 1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.
• 1986 – Davis Phinney becomes 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. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
• 1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Fourteen bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
• 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".
• 1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
• 1999 – U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.
• 2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• 2006 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• 2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
• 2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
• 2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.

Births

• 1580 – Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646)
• 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
• 1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
• 1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
• 1736 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
• 1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
• 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
• 1781 – Stamford Raffles, English politician, founded Singapore (d. 1826)
• 1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
• 1785 – William Hooker, English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
• 1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
• 1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855)
• 1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
• 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
• 1829 – Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
• 1831 – Sylvester Pennoyer, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
• 1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
• 1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
• 1838 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
• 1840 – José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
• 1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
• 1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)
• 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (d. 1944)
• 1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
• 1887 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
• 1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1892 – Will James, American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
• 1893 – Lech Owron, Polish Actor (d. 1965)
• 1897 – Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
• 1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones, American super-centenarian
• 1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
• 1904 – Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
• 1907 – George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
• 1908 – Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
• 1910 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (d. 1946)
• 1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor and singer (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 40th First Lady of the United States
• 1922 – William Schallert, American actor
• 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
• 1926 – Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
• 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress and author (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1930 – George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1930 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian singer-songwriter
• 1930 – Ian Burgess, English racing driver (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Jean Campeau, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1931 – Antonella Lualdi, Lebanese-Italian actress and singer
• 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer
• 1931 – László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach
• 1932 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and academic
• 1935 – Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
• 1935 – 14th Dalai Lama
• 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
• 1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
• 1937 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1937 – Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Luana Patten, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1939 – Jet Harris, English bass player (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
• 1940 – Rex Cawley, American hurdler
• 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
• 1941 – David Crystal, Irish linguist, author, and academic
• 1941 – Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
• 1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
• 1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
• 1945 – Burt Ward, American actor and producer
• 1946 – George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
• 1946 – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
• 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic
• 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Jamie Wyeth, American painter
• 1947 – Richard Beckinsale, English actor and singer (d. 1979)
• 1947 – Shelley Hack, American actress and producer
• 1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
• 1948 – Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
• 1949 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
• 1950 – John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
• 1950 – Geraldine James, English actress
• 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
• 1952 – Grant Goodeve, American actor and singer
• 1952 – Hilary Mantel, English author and critic
• 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Robert Ménard, French politician and former journalist
• 1954 – Allyce Beasley, American actress and singer
• 1954 – Willie Randolph, American baseball player and manager
• 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress, singer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
• 1959 – Mike Hallett, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1960 – Valerie Brisco-Hooks, American sprinter and coach
• 1960 – Jozef Pribilinec, Slovakian race walker
• 1960 – Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Yokozuna
• 1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businessman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
• 1961 – Robin Antin, American dancer, choreographer, and businesswoman
• 1961 – Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American hurdler
• 1961 – Vandana Chavan, Indian politician and lawyer
• 1962 – Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (d. 2013)
• 1962 – Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director
• 1963 – Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper
• 1964 – Cristina D'Avena, Italian singer and actress
• 1964 – Lillie Leatherwood, American sprinter
• 1966 – Brian Posehn, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Omar Olivares, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1968 – Gaspare Manos, Thai-Italian painter and sculptor
• 1969 – Brian Van Holt, American actor
• 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 1970 – Martin Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious?)
• 1972 – Isabelle Boulay, Canadian singer
• 1972 – Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
• 1972 – Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
• 1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 – Babi Xavier, Brazilian actress and singer
• 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
• 1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
• 1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentinian-Mexican actor
• 1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
• 1977 – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
• 1978 – Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer
• 1978 – Tamera Mowry, German-American actress and producer
• 1978 – Tia Mowry, German-American actress and producer
• 1978 – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Matthew Barnson, American viola player and composer
• 1979 – Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jet and The Wrights)
• 1979 – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1979 – C. J. Hobgood, American surfer
• 1980 – Kenny Deuchar, Scottish footballer
• 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• 1980 – Eva Green, French actress and model
• 1980 – JB Magsaysay, Filipino actor, businessman and politician
• 1980 – Joell Ortiz, American rapper (Slaughterhouse)
• 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
• 1982 – Bree Robertson, Australian gymnast and actress
• 1982 – Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1982 – Tay Zonday, American actor and singer
• 1983 – Brady Bluhm, American actor
• 1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1983 – D. Woods, American singer, dancer, and actress (Danity Kane)
• 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
• 1984 – Lauren Harris, English singer and actress
• 1984 – Natasha Zlobina, Uzbek-French actress and model
• 1985 – Maria Arredondo, Norwegian singer
• 1985 – Diamond Rings, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Matters)
• 1985 – Ranveer Singh, Indian actor and singer
• 1985 – Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress
• 1986 – Leon Frierson, American actor and rapper
• 1986 – Sarah Gronert, German tennis player
• 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
• 1986 – Derrick Williams, American football player
• 1987 – Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
• 1987 – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1987 – Matt O'Leary, American actor, director, and producer
• 1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
• 1988 – Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
• 1990 – Ajoo, South Korean singer and dancer
• 1990 – Magaye Gueye, French footballer
• 1990 – Jamal Idris, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Jeremy Suarez, American actor
• 1990 – Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 – Klas Dahlbeck, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1991 – Victoire Thivisol, French actress
• 1991 – Julian Wruck, Australian discus thrower
• 1992 – Manny Machado, American baseball player
• 1994 – Camilla Rosso, English actress
• 1994 – Rebecca Rosso, English actress
• 1996 – Robert Naylor, Canadian actor
• 1996 – Sun Ziyue, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

• 371 BC – Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
• 649 – Goar of Aquitaine, French-German bishop and saint (b. 585)
• 918 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
• 1017 – Genshin, Japanese monk and scholar (b. 942)
• 1189 – Henry II of England (b. 1133)
• 1218 – Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
• 1249 – Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
• 1415 – Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
• 1476 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (b. 1436)
• 1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1416)
• 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
• 1535 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
• 1553 – Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
• 1583 – Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
• 1585 – Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)
• 1684 – Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
• 1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (b. 1725)
• 1768 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
• 1802 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
• 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
• 1813 – Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
• 1815 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician (b. 1764)
• 1835 – John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
• 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
• 1868 – Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
• 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1901 – Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)
• 1946 – Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 – Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
• 1959 – George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 1961 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
• 1961 – Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
• 1962 – William Faulkner, American author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1962 – Archduke Joseph August of Austria (b. 1872)
• 1963 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
• 1964 – Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (b. 1906)
• 1966 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
• 1967 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
• 1968 – Johnny Indrisano, American boxer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Brandon deWilde, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
• 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1974 – Francis Blanche, French actor (b. 1921)
• 1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
• 1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
• 1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 1980 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (b. 1903)
• 1982 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Zati Sungur, Turkish magician (b. 1898)
• 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
• 1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
• 1992 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
• 1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Gary M. Heidnik, American murderer (b. 1943)
• 1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1999 – Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
• 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
• 2002 – John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Bruno Augenstein, German-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1923)
• 2005 – L. Patrick Gray, American FBI director (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Claude Simon, French novelist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and television host (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
• 2010 – Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Moonglows and New Birth) (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef and television host (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Ruben J. Villote, Filipino priest and activist (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Dave Bickers, English motorcross racer and stuntman (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
• 2014 – S. D. Gunadasa, Sri Lankan businessman (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Dave Legeno, English actor and mixed martial artist (b. 1963)
• 2014 – Martin Van Geneugden, Belgian cyclist (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Maria Goretti
  • Romulus of Fiesole
  • July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan diaspora)
• Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)
• Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)
• National Fried Chicken Day (United States)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
• Independence Day/Republic Day, celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.
• Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
• Statehood Day (Lithuania)
• Teachers' Day (Peru)
• The earliest date for summer solstice in Julian calendar system, which corresponds to June 23:
  • Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
• The first day of Ludi Apollinares (Roman Empire)
• The first day of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada