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This is a list of selected July 6 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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US dollar currency
Jan Hus
King Kalākaua
King Kalākaua of Hawai'i
Sedan nuclear test explosion
Jadranka Kosor

Jadranka Kosor
Ceausescu (right) with Richard Nixon
Stairs in Nathu La from the Indian side of the border
Louis Pasteur
Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger
Breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal
Story Bridge
R34 airship

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
{{<!--If July 5 was a Sunday-->#ifeq: 7 \| {{#time:N\|5 July {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} \|Tynwald Day (Isle of Man, (2024);}}	no footnotes
Comoros (1975) and	unreferenced section
Jan Hus Day in the Czech Republic;	multiple issues
371 BC – Post-Peloponnesian War Conflicts: The Thebans defeated the Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra in Boeotia in the territory of Thespiae, weakening Sparta's influence over the Greek peninsula.	refimprove section
1253 – Mindaugas, the first known grand duke of Lithuania, was crowned, becoming the only person to hold the title of King of Lithuania.	another king has been identified; see [1]
1415 – The Council of Constance executed Jan Hus, founder of the Christian Hussite reform movement, for committing heresy.	Jan Hus and Hussites both need more footnotes
1535 – Thomas More, an opponent of the Protestant Reformation, was executed for treason for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.	refimprove section
1785 – The dollar, a decimal currency system, was unanimously chosen as the money unit for the United States.	unreferenced section
1885 – French chemists Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux successfully tested their vaccine against rabies on nine-year-old Joseph Meister after he was bitten by an infected dog.	conflict of interest
1887 – King Kalākaua of Hawaiʻi was forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, stripping the Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority as well as disfranchising all Asians, most native Hawaiians, and the poor.	refimprove
1905 – American schoolteacher Katie DeWitt James filed for divorce from her husband, beginning a series of events that would ultimately lead to her unsolved murder and the consequent naming of Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma.	short
1947 – Production of the AK-47, the world's best-selling assault rifle, began.	refimprove section
1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, aired on Irish television for the first time.	unreferenced section
1966 – Hastings Banda became the first president of Malawi, exactly two years after the country became independent from the United Kingdom.	unreferenced section
1978 – A sleeping car train at Taunton, England, caught fire, killing 12 people and causing British Rail to install state-of-the art fire prevention measures.	single source
1988 – An explosion and resulting fire destroyed Occidental Petroleum's oil platform Piper Alpha in the North Sea, killing 168 people.	refimprove section
1998 – Hong Kong International Airport, built on the man-made island of Chek Lap Kok, opened for commercial operations, becoming one of the world's busiest airports.	unreferenced section
2006 – Nathu La, a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after more than 40 years.	outdated
Sophie Adlersparre \|b\|1823	Mostly single sourced
Mary Theresa Ledóchowska \|d\|1922	Main source is the foundation she started, not indept

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1560 – Scotland and England signed the Treaty of Edinburgh to formally conclude the Siege of Leith and replace the Scottish–French Auld Alliance.
1685 – Troops loyal to James II of England defeated those of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the final battle of the Monmouth Rebellion.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British forces, causing an uproar in the American public.
1808 – Joseph Bonaparte approved the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as King of Spain during the Peninsular War.
1809 – Napoleon's French forces defeated Archduke Charles' Austrian army at the Battle of Wagram, the decisive confrontation of the War of the Fifth Coalition.
1892 – During a steelworkers' strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania, a day-long battle between strikers and Pinkerton agents resulted in at least ten deaths and dozens of people wounded.
1919 – The Royal Air Force's R34 airship landed in Mineola, New York, to complete the first east-to-west transatlantic crossing by an aircraft.
1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal (pictured) in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet (90 m) into the River Irwell.
1940 – The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland.
1957 – At a concert by the Quarrymen at the St. Peter's Church Woolton Garden fete, band member John Lennon met Paul McCartney, triggering a series of events that led to the forming of the Beatles.
1971 – After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses.
1989 – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attack by hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel.
2009 – Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.
2013 – Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing at least 42 people, mostly students.
2013 – In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths.
Born/died this day: | Goar of Aquitaine |d|649| Godelieve |d|1070| Eino Leino |b|1878| George W. Bush |b|1946| Jagjivan Ram |d|1986|Barry Winchell |d|1999

Notes

Second Battle of Algeciras appears on July 12, so First Battle should not appear in the same year

July 6: Independence Day in Malawi (1964)

Richard III of England

1483 – The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III (pictured), was crowned King of England.
1614 – The Ottoman Empire made a final attempt to conquer the island of Malta, but were repulsed by the Knights Hospitaller.
1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: A Royal Navy squadron failed to eliminate a smaller French Navy squadron at Algeciras before they could join their Spanish allies.
1962 – The United States conducted the Sedan nuclear test as part of Project Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear explosions for civilian purposes.
1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree conflict, five days of unrest began in nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.

Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (b. 1782)
Ethel Sands (b. 1873)
Frida Kahlo (b. 1907)

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