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
Up to 1900
- 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)
- 1189 – King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1218 - Odo III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
- 1249 - King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
- 1415 – Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer and Christian martyr (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 (b. 1474)
- 1535 – Thomas More, English philosopher and Christian martyr (b. 1478)
- 1553 – King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
- 1762 – Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
- 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
- 1835 - John Marshall, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
- 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
- 1868 - Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
- 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French writer (b. 1850)
1901 – 2000
- 1901 - Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (b. 1819)
- 1902 - Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
- 1904 - Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakhstani poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
- 1916 - Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
- 1930 - Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (b. 1869)
- 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, British writer (b. 1859)
- 1937 - Carlos Eugenio Restrepo, 31st President of Colombia (b. 1867)
- 1952 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
- 1954 - Julio Acosta Garcia, President of Costa Rica (b. 1872)
- 1959 – George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
- 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (b. 1897)
- 1962 – William Faulkner, American writer (b. 1897)
- 1962 - Paul Boffa, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
- 1962 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria (b. 1872)
- 1963 - George, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
- 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)
- 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1895)
- 1974 - Francis Blanche, French actor (b. 1921)
- 1976 - Zhu De, Chinese general and politician (b. 1886)
- 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
- 1989 – Janos Kadar, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 1998 - Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
- 1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
- 2000 – Wladyslaw Szpilman, Polish pianist, composer and writer (b. 1911)
From 2001
- 2002 - John Frankenheimer, American movie director (b. 1930)
- 2004 – Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
- 2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 2005 – Claude Simon, French writer (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Evan Hunter, American writer (b. 1926)
- 2009 – Robert McNamara, American politician (b. 1916)
- 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian writer (b. 1932)
- 2009 - Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player (b. 1923)
- 2013 - Ruby Keeling, American basketball player and coach (b. 1947)
- 2014 - Benedito de Assis da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1952)
- 2014 - Alan J. Dixon, former United States Senator from Illinois (b. 1927)
- 2014 - Andrew Mango, Turkish-English author (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Granville Austin, American historian and academic (b. 1927)
- 2015 - Jerry Weintraub, American film producer (b. 1937)
- 2016 - John McMartin, American actor (b. 1929)
- 2016 - Danny Smythe, American drummer (b. 1948)
- 2017 - Joan B. Lee, English-American actress (b. 1921)
- 2017 - Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer (b. 1935)
- 2017 - Michel Aurillac, French lawyer, politician and author (b. 1928)
- 2017 - Diane Von Hoffman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2018 - Shoko Asahara, Japanese founder of cult group Aum Shinrikyo (b. 1955)
- 2018 - Tyler Honeycutt, American basketball player (b. 1990)
- 2018 - Vlatko Ilievski, Macedonian singer (b. 1985)
- 2018 - Giuseppina Projetto, Italian supercentenarian (b. 1902)
- 2018 - Bruce Hunter, American swimmer (b. 1939)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist (d. 1982)
- 1904 - Erik Wickberg, Swedish General of the Salvation Army (d. 1996)
- 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- 1907 - George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian and author (d. 2002)
- 1912 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer and geographer (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter (d. 1981)
- 1916 - Harold Norse, American poet (d. 2009)
- 1917 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
- 1917 - Heribert Barrera, Catalan chemist and politician (d. 2011)
- 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977)
- 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor (d. 2007)
- 1919 - Unica Zürn, German author and artist (d. 1970)
- 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress and First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
- 1921 - Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician (d. 2017)
- 1922 - William Schallert, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Louie Bellson, American jazz musician (d. 2009)
- 1925 – Merv Griffin, American game show developer and television show host (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley and the Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Hein Donner, Dutch chess player
- 1927 – Dolores Claman, musician and composer
- 1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and Presidential candidate (d. 1997)
- 1930 - Ian Burgess, British racing driver (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Herbert Erhardt, German footballer (d. 2010)
- 1931 – Della Reese, American singer and actress (d. 2017)
- 1931 - Carl E. Reichardt, American banking executive (d. 2017)
- 1931 - Antonella Lualdi, Italian actress
- 1932 - Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and educator
- 1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
- 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005)
- 1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
- 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor
- 1937 - Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014)
- 1939 – Jet Harris, English musician (The Shadows) (d. 2011)
- 1939 - Bruce Hunter, American swimmer (d. 2018)
- 1939 - Mary Peters, British pentathlete
- 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
- 1942 - Izora Armstead, American singer (The Weather Girls) (d. 2004)
- 1944 - Bernhard Schlink, German jurist and writer
- 1945 - Burt Ward, American actor
- 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
- 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- 1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
- 1946 - Toquinho, Brazilian musician
- 1949 - Phyllis Hyman, American singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Noli de Castro, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor
- 1952 - Hilary Mantel, English writer
- 1952 - Grant Goodeve, American actor and television host
- 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer and songwriter
- 1953 - Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer (d. 2014)
- 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress and comedienne
- 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
- 1960 - Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1961 - Jonas Jonasson, Swedish writer and journalist
- 1961 - Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American Olympic hurdler
- 1962 - Peter Hedges, American author, director and screenwriter
- 1967 – Heather Nova, British-Bermudan guitarist and singer
- 1969 - Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer
- 1970 – Roger Cicero, German singer and musician (d. 2016)
- 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper
- 1972 - Isabelle Boulay, Canadian singer
- 1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper
From 1976
- 1977 - Audrey Fleurot, French actress
- 1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarussian tennis player
- 1978 - Tamera Mowry, American actress
- 1978 - Tia Mowry, American actress
- 1979 - Kevin Hart, American actor and comedian
- 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
- 1982 - Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1983 - Gregory Smith, Canadian-American actor
- 1984 - Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
- 1984 - Lauren Harris, English singer and actress
- 1984 - Natasha Zlobina, Uzbek-French actress and model
- 1985 - Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
- 1987 – Kate Nash, English singer and songwriter
- 1987 - Sophie Auster, American actress and singer
- 1988 - Brittany Underwood, American actress and singer
- 1989 - Elias Harris, German basketball player
- 1990 - Ajoo, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1991 - Victoire Thivisol, French actress
- 1994 – Camilla Rosso, British actress
- 1994 - Rebecca Rosso, British actress
- 1996 - Robert Naylor, Canadian actor