Historical Events on July 6
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.
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Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
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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.
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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.
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Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
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In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
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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.
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Famous Birthdays on July 6
- 1935
Tenzin Gyatso
- 1940
Nursultan Nazarbayev
- 1946
George W. Bush
- 1975
50 Cent
Famous Deaths on July 6
- 1189
Henry II of England
- 1535
Thomas More
- 1934
Nestor Makhno
- 2009
Robert McNamara