What Happened on July 6

Significant Events

  • 1348 Papal bull of Pope Clement VI issued during the Black Death stating Jews not to blame and urging their protection
  • 1785 US Congress unanimously resolves the name of US currency to the "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage
  • 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine
  • 1923 The Central Executive Committee accepts the Treaty of Union, signed in Moscow in December 1922, and the Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • 1967 Nigerian Civil War erupts as Nigerian forces invade the secessionist state of Biafra
  • 1970 California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law
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July 6 in Film & TV

  • 1945 Abbott and Costello's film "The Naughty Nineties" released featuring longest version of their "Who's on First" routine

July 6 in Music

  • 1957 John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group Quarrymen perform at a church dinner

July 6 in Sport

  • 2002 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats older sister Venus 7-6, 6-3 for her first Wimbledon singles title

Did You Know?

Pokémon Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released

On July 6, 2016

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Would You Believe?

2nd of 4 fatal Jersey Shore shark attacks occur at Spring Lake when Charles Bruder (27) bled to death, 5 days after the 1st

On July 6, 1916

Famous Weddings

  • 1877 Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (37) weds Antonina Miliukova (29) at the Church of Saint George in Moscow, Russia
  • 1893 British Prince George Duke of York (later George V) marries Princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) at St James's Palace
  • 1953 "James Bond" actor Roger Moore (25) weds Welsh singer Dorothy Squires (38) in Jersey City

Famous Divorces

  • 1960 Actress Bette Davis (52) divorces actor Gary Merrill (46) after almost 10 years of marriage
  • 2009 Actress Rachael Bella (25) divorces "Terminator 2" actor Eddie Furlong (31) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
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