July 6
is the 187th day of the year (188th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining.
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1253 -
Mindaugas is crowned king of
Lithuania.
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1348 -
Papal bull of
Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the
Black Death.
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1483 -
Richard III is crowned king of
England.
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1484 -
Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of
Congo River.
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1495 -
First Italian War:
Battle of Fornovo Charles VIII defeats the
Holy League, but ultimately ends his
attempted conquest of Italy.
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1535 -
Sir Thomas More, author of
Utopia and one time
Lord Chancellor of
England, is executed for treason by King
Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henrys' decision to separate the
English church from the
Roman Catholic church.
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1560 - The
Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by
Scotland and
England.
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1573 -
Córdoba, Argentina is founded by
Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
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1609 -
Bohemia is granted
freedom of religion.
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1630 -
Thirty-Years War: 4,000
Swedish troops under
Gustavus Adolphus land in
Pomerania,
Germany.
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1777 -
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.
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1785 - The
dollar is unanimously chosen as the
monetary unit for the
United States.
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1799 -
Ranjit Singh's 25,000 men start march towards
Lahore.
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1801 -
Battle of Algeciras: The
French navy defeats the
British Royal Navy.
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1854 - In
Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the
U.S. Republican Party is held.
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1885 -
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his
vaccine against
rabies. The patient is
Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
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1887 -
David Kalakaua, monarch of the
Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of
Americans, to sign the
Bayonet Constitution giving
Americans more power in
Hawaii while stripping
Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
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1892 -
Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first
Indian
Member of Parliament in
Britain.
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1892 - 3,800
striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with
Pinkerton agents during the
Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
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1893 - The small town of
Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a
tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
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1905 -
Alfred Deakin becomes
Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
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1908 -
Robert Peary sets sail for the
Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the
North Pole.
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1917 -
World War I:
Arabian troops led by
Lawrence of Arabia and
Auda ibu Tayi capture
Aqaba from the
Turks during the
Arab Revolt.
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1919 - The
British dirigible R34 lands in
New York, completing the first crossing of the
Atlantic by an
airship.
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1928 - The world's ten largest
hailstones fall in
Potter, Nebraska.
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1933 - The first
Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in
Chicago's
Comiskey Park. The
American League defeats the
National League, 4 to 2.
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1939 -
Holocaust: The last remaining
Jewish enterprises in
Germany are closed.
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1942 -
Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "
Secret Annex" above her father's office in an
Amsterdam warehouse.
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1944 - The
Hartford Circus Fire, one of
America's worst
fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in
Hartford, Connecticut.
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1946 - The Bikini was first made, worn, and created.
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1957 -
Althea Gibson wins the
Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
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1957 -
John Lennon and
Paul McCartney of
The Beatles meet for the first time at the
Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete,
Liverpool.
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1964 -
Malawi declares its independence from the
United Kingdom.
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1966 -
Malawi becomes a
republic, with
Hastings Banda as the first
President.
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1967 -
Biafran War:
Nigerian forces invade
Biafra, beginning the war.
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1974 - The
radio program
A Prairie Home Companion makes its first live broadcast.
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1975 - The
Comoros declare independence from
France.
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1985 - The
National Wrestling Alliance has its first ever
Great American Bash Pay-Per View.
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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.
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1988 - The
Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers were killed as an
Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
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2003 - The
Corsicans rejected a referendum for increased autonomy from
France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.
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2005 -
Time Magazine reporter
Matt Cooper agrees to testify to a
grand jury that
Karl Rove revealed to him
Valerie Plame's secret
CIA identity.
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2005 -
Bob Geldof and
Bono meet with the
G8 in
Gleneagles to discuss increasing aid to
Africa. Afterwards, both make appearances at the
Edinburgh 50,000 concert, a last concert in the
Live 8 series.
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2005 - The
International Olympic Committee announced that
London will host the
2012 Summer Olympics*
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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2006 -
Felipe Calderon is elected President of
Mexico after a very close election.
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2006 - The
Mayor of Caracas inaugurate a channel called
Ávila TV.
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1686 -
Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d.
1758)
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1747 -
John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d.
1792)
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1766 -
Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d.
1813)
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1785 -
William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d.
1865)
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1796 -
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d.
1855)
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1817 -
Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d.
1905)
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1818 -
Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d.
1879)
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1838 -
Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d.
1923)
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1859 -
Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer,
Nobel laureate (d.
1940)
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1878 -
Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d.
1926)
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1884 -
Harold Vanderbilt, American businessman (d.
1970)
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1885 -
Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d.
1945)
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1898 -
Hanns Eisler, German composer (d.
1962)
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1903 -
Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist,
Nobel laureate (d.
1982)
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1904 -
Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (d.
1996)
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1907 -
Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d.
1954)
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1912 -
Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d.
2006)
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1917 -
Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand Running Coach (d.
2004)
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1918 -
Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d.
1977)
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1919 -
Ernst Haefliger, Swiss singer
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1921 -
Nancy Reagan,
First Lady of the United States*
1923 -
Wojciech Jaruzelski,
President of Poland*
1925 -
Merv Griffin, American television show host
*1925 -
Bill Haley, American singer (
Bill Haley and the Comets) (d.
1981)
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1927 -
Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player
*1927 -
Janet Leigh, American actress (d.
2004)
*1927 -
Pat Paulsen, American comedian (d.
1997)
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1931 -
Della Reese, American singer
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1933 -
Frank Austin, English footballer
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1935 -
Tenzin Gyatso, fourteenth
Dalai Lama,
Nobel laureate*
1936 -
Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d.
2005)
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1937 -
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor
*1937 -
Ned Beatty, American actor
*1937 -
Gene Chandler, American singer (
Duke of Earl)
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1940 -
Jeannie Seely, American singer
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1940 -
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
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1945 -
Burt Ward, American actor
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1946 -
George W. Bush, 43rd
President of the United States*1946 -
Sylvester Stallone, American actor
*1946 -
Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
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1947 -
Lance Clemons, baseball player
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1948 -
Brad Park, Canadian hockey player
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1949 -
Phyllis Hyman, American singer (d.
1995)
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1950 -
John Byrne, American comic book author & artist
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1951 -
Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
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1953 -
Nanci Griffith, American singer
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1955 -
William Wall, Irish writer
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1956 -
Casey Sander, American actor
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1958 -
Jennifer Saunders, British actress
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1959 -
Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
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1963 -
Stuart Garrard, English guitarist
* 1963 -
Todd Burns, Baseball player
* 1963 -
Lance Johnson, baseball player
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1966 -
Brian Posehn, American actor
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1967 -
Heather Nova, Bermudian singer
* 1967 -
Omar Olivares, baseball player
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1969 -
Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
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1970 -
Inspectah Deck, American rapper
* 1970 -
Martin Smith, English singer
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1972 -
D-Styles, American scratch DJ
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1974 -
Ze Roberto, Brazilian footballer
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1975 -
50 Cent, American rapper
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1977 -
Craig Handley, British film director
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1978 -
Tia Mowry and
Tamera Mowry, American actresses
*1978 -
Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
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1983 -
Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
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1986 -
Derrick Williams, American football player
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1987 -
Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
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1994 -
Rebecca Rosso and
Camilla Rosso, twin British-born actresses
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1189 - King
Henry II of England (b.
1133)
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1218 -
Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b.
1166)
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1249 - King
Alexander II of Scotland (b.
1198)
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1415 -
Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b.
1369)
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1476 -
Regiomantus, German astronomer (b.
1436)
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1480 -
Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b.
1416)
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1533 -
Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b.
1474)
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1535 - Sir
Thomas More, English philosopher (b.
1478)
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1553 - King
Edward VI of England (b.
1537)
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1583 -
Edmund Grindal,
Archbishop of Canterbury*
1585 -
Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b.
1552)
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1684 -
Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b.
1614)
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1758 -
George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
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1762 - Tsar
Peter III of Russia (murdered) (b.
1728)
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1768 -
Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (b.
1690)
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1835 -
John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the United States (b.
1755)
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1854 -
Georg Ohm, German physicist (b.
1789)
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1868 -
Sanosuke Harada,
Shinsengumi Captain (b.
1840)
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1893 -
Guy de Maupassant, French author (b.
1850)
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1901 -
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst,
Chancellor of Germany (b.
1819)
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1902 -
St. Maria Goretti, Italian saint (b.
1890)
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1916 -
Odilon Redon, French painter (b.
1840)
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1932 -
Kenneth Grahame, English author (b.
1859)
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1960 -
Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b.
1897)
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1961 -
Scott LaFaro, American musician (b.
1936)
*1961 -
Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b.
1890)
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1962 -
William Faulkner, American writer,
Nobel laureate (b.
1897)
*1962 -
Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b.
1872)
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1966 -
Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b.
1892)
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1971 -
Louis Armstrong, American musician (b.
1901)
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1972 -
Brandon De Wilde, American actor (b.
1942)
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1973 -
Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b.
1885)
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1982 -
Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b.
1905)
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1986 -
Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b.
1908)
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1989 -
János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b.
1912)
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1998 -
Roy Rogers, American actor (b.
1911)
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1999 -
Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b.
1938)
*1999 -
Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b.
1901)
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2002 -
Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b.
1932)
*2002 -
John Frankenheimer, American film director (b.
1930)
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2003 -
Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b.
1908)
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2004 -
Thomas Klestil,
President of Austria (b.
1932)
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2005 -
L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b.
1916)
*2005 -
Claude Simon, French writer,
Nobel laureate (b.
1913)
*2005 -
Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b.
1926)
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2006 -
Kasey Rogers, American motocross racer (b.
1926)
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Comoros -
Independence Day (
1975).
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Czech Republic -
Jan Hus Day (
1415).
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Feast day of
St Maria Goretti.
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Lithuania -
Statehood Day.
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Malawi -
Independence Day (
1964).
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Malawi -
Republic Day (
1966).
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Roman festivals:
Ludi Apollinares, games in honour of
Apollo (since
208 BC) began today.
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San Fermin a
Spanish Catholic festival centered in
Pamplona begins today.
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Music festival EXIT begins today in
Serbian town of
Novi Sad.
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