July 6 is the 187nd (188rd in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days left until the end of the year.
Events
- 1189 – Richard I of French descent (Richard the Lionheart), ascended the throne of England, spoke little English.
- 1517 – Hejaz joined the Ottoman lands. The holy goods belonging to the Islamic prophet Muhammad bin Abdullah, known as the "Emaneti Mubarak", were delivered to the conqueror of Egypt, Yavuz Sultan Selim.
- 1535 - Utopia'The author of the British statesman Sir Thomas More, King VIII. He was executed for failing to recognize Henry as head of the Church of England.
- 1827 - Treaty of London signed.
- 1885 - The rabies vaccine invented by the French scientist Louis Pasteur was administered to a human for the first time.
- 1905 - Alfred Deakin is elected Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 1917 - Lawrence of Arabia attacked the city of Aqaba with Arab rebels.
- 1923 - Georgy Chicherin is officially inaugurated as the first Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
- 1924 A delegation headed by Ms. Safiye Ali went to London to attend the International Women's Congress.
- 1927 – The Council of State took office.
- 1929 – Flood disaster occurred in Of, Çaykara and Sürmene districts of Trabzon. 2.539 buildings were destroyed, 146 people died.
- 1935 – In order to rationalize sugar production in Turkey, Türkiye Şeker Fabrikaları A.Ş. was established. 22 existing sugar factories (Alpullu, Uşak, Eskişehir, Turhal) were connected to the company with a capital of 4 million TL.
- 1942 - The Allies stop the Germans at El-Alameyn in Egypt. British landings were made in Morocco and Algeria. Germany began to withdraw from North Africa.
- 1944 – 168 people are killed and more than 700 injured in a circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1947 – Production of the AK-47 infantry rifle, also known as the “Kalashnikov”, begins in the Soviet Union.
- 1953 – The historical Edirne Clock Tower, which was heavily damaged in the Edirne earthquake, was demolished.
- 1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at a festival in the UK.
- 1964 – Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1965 – The Law on the National Intelligence Organization was passed in the Parliament.
- 1969 – The script of the novel "İnce Memed" was censored. “Censorship is against the Constitution,” said Yaşar Kemal, the author of the novel.
- 1979 – All Teachers' Union and Solidarity Association Giresun District Attorney Alaattin Aydemir, whose short name is Töb-Der, was killed.
- 1980 – Çorum Events: The events that started in Çorum at the end of May escalated in the first week of July. The tension started with the murder of Gün Sazak, Deputy Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party. Right-wingers attacked the neighborhoods inhabited by Alevis and left-wingers. Between 29 May and 6 July, 48 people died in the events that continued at intervals.
- 1982 – Bülent Ecevit was sentenced to 2 months and 27 days in prison for his statements.
- 1988 – Asil Nadir, GÜNAYDIN newspaper and the Veb Ofset publishing group, which publishes eight daily and one weekly magazines.
- 1988 – An oil exploration rig explodes in the North Sea; 167 people died in the fire.
- 1991 – Dr. Lale Aytaman was appointed to the Governorship of Muğla. Aytaman has become the first female governor.
- 1995 – Ankara Governorship rejected the Metropolitan Municipal Council's decision to replace the Hittite Sun, the symbol of the city, with a "mosque".
- 1996 – Journalist and writer Kutlu Adalı was killed in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
- 1997 – Devlet Bahçeli was elected as the Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party. In the congress; Bahçeli received 697 votes and Tuğrul Türkeş received 487 votes.
- 1998 – Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong was closed due to its inability to meet the needs, and Hong Kong International Airport was opened instead.
- 1999 – State Minister Hikmet Uluğbay attempted to commit suicide.
- 2005 – The International Olympic Committee announced that the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London.
- 2009 – Clashes broke out between Han nationalists and Muslim Uyghurs. Police and soldiers opened fire on the protesting Uighurs. (156 dead – 828 injured)
- 2011 – Egemen Bagis became Turkey's first Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator.
Births
- 1793 – Jacob de Kempenaer, second Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1870)
- 1796 – Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (d. 1855)
- 1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and psychologist (d. 1905)
- 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess grandmaster (d. 1879)
- 1832 – Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (d. 1867)
- 1858 – John Hobson, English economist and social scientist (d. 1940)
- 1873 - Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (d. 1955)
- 1885 – Ernst Busch, German officer and Generalfeldmarschall of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
- 1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian (d. 1944)
- 1897 – Annette Kellermann, Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and author (d. 1975)
- 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German and Austrian composer (d. 1962)
- 1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones, American tallest living person (d. 2016)
- 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Juan O'Gorman, Mexican architect and muralist (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- 1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, traveler, geographer, and author (d. 2006)
- 1912 Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Nancy Reagan, wife of US President Ronald Reagan (d. 2016)
- 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland (d. 2014)
- 1925 Bill Haley, American singer (d. 1981)
- 1925 – Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish scientist and neurosurgeon
- 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Leyla Umar, Turkish journalist (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Antonella Lualdi, Italian actress and singer (d. 2023)
- 1931 – Murad Wilfried Hofmann, German politician and writer (d. 2020)
- 1931 Della Reese, American singer and actress (d. 2017)
- 1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, Tibetan religious leader (Dalai Lama) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazi, Russian pianist and conductor
- 1937 - Ned Beatty, American actor
- 1937 – Michael Sata, a Zambian politician (d. 2014)
- 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan
- 1941 – David Crystal, English linguist, academic, and author
- 1944 – Bernhard Schlink, German academic, judge, and author
- 1945 – Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2016)
- 1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
- 1946 - Fred Dryer, is an american football player
- 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
- 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor
- 1948 - Nathalie Baye, French film, TV and stage actress
- 1949 – Noli de Castro, politician and former journalist of the Philippines
- 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor
- 1952 – Hilary Mantel, English novelist and critic (d. 2022)
- 1952 – Adi Shamir, Israeli cryptographer
- 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American country folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2021)
- 1958 – Haldun Boysan, Turkish cinema and TV series actor and voice actor (d. 2020)
- 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress and singer
- 1967 – Petra Kleinert, German actress
- 1970 – Roger Cicero, Romanian-German musician
- 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper and record producer
- 1970 – Salim Nizam, poet, teacher and writer
- 1971 – Regla Bell, Cuban volleyball player
- 1972 – Ata Demirer, Turkish actor, theater actor, stand-up artist, singer and presenter
- 1972 – Levent Üzümcü, Turkish theater actor
- 1974 – Diego Klimowicz, Argentine retired football player
- 1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian football player
- 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper
- 1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
- 1976 – Rory Delap, Irish national football player
- 1977 – Maks Mirni, Belarusian former professional tennis player
- 1978 - Adam Busch, an American actor
- 1979 – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and copywriter
- 1980 – Eva Green, French actress and model
- 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 – Joell Ortiz, American rapper
- 1981 – Roman Shirokov, Russian national football player
- 1982 – Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
- 1985 – Melisa Sözen, Turkish actress
- 1986 – David Karp, American entrepreneur and software developer
- 1987 – Victoras Astafei, Romanian football player
- 1987 – Kate Nash, English singer, songwriter, musician and actress
- 1990 – Jae Crowder, American professional basketball player
- 1990 – Magaye Gueye, French-born Senegalese football player
- 1994 – Joan Jordan, Spanish football player
Deaths
- 1189 – II. Henry, King of England (b. 1133)
- 1249 – II. Alaska, King of Scotland (b. 1198)
- 1415 – Jan Hus, Christian reformer theologian (b. 1370)
- 1476 – Regiomontanus, a German mathematician, astrologer, astronomer (b. 1436)
- 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
- 1535 – Thomas More, English writer and statesman (b. 1478)
- 1553 – VI. Edward, King of England and Ireland (b. 1537)
- 1819 – Sophie Blanchard, French female aviator and balloonist (b. 1778)
- 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
- 1871 – Castro Alves, Brazilian abolitionist poet (known as "the poet of the slaves") (b. 1847)
- 1873 – Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer, Swiss astronomer (b. 1816)
- 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French writer (b. 1850)
- 1901 – Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, German imperial chancellor (b. 1819)
- 1904 – Abay Kunanbayoğlu, Kazakh poet and composer (b. 1845)
- 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
- 1918 – Wilhelm von Mirbach, diplomat of the German Empire (b. 1871)
- 1934 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarcho-communist revolutionary (b. 1888)
- 1944 – Chūichi Nagumo, Japanese soldier (b. 1887)
- 1946 – Umberto Cisotti, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1882)
- 1952 – Maryse Bastié, French female pilot (b. 1898)
- 1959 – George Grosz, German painter (b. 1893)
- 1962 – William Faulkner, American author and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1962 – Archduke of Austria Joseph August, was head of state of Hungary (b. 1872)
- 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American jazz artist (b. 1901)
- 1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian and writer (b. 1905)
- 1984 – Zati Sungur, Turkish illusionist (b. 1898)
- 1994 – Teoman Erel, Turkish journalist (b. 1940)
- 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer (b. 1915)
- 1996 – Kutlu Adalı, Turkish Cypriot journalist, poet and writer (b. 1935)
- 1998 – Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
- 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist (b. 1911)
- 2003 – Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish tourism professional and writer (b. 1930)
- 2005 – Claude Simon, French writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 2008 – Ersin Faralyalı, Turkish industrialist and politician (b. 1939)
- 2008 – Kuddusi Okkır, Turkish businessman (b. 1948)
- 2009 – Ayşegül Devrim, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actress, voice actor and director (b. 1942)
- 2009 – Robert McNamara, US Secretary of Defense and President of the World Bank (b. 1916)
- 2010 – Aleko Sofyanidis, Turkish-Greek football player (b. 1937)
- 2014 – Dave Legeno, English actor and martial artist (b. 1963)
- 2014 – Andrew Mango, English writer, one of three sons of a wealthy Anglo-Russian family (b.
- 2016 – John McMartin, American stage, film and television actor (b. 1929)
- 2016 – Turgay Şeren, Turkish football player, coach, football commentator and sports manager (b. 1932)
- 2017 – Michel Aurillac, French politician and bureaucrat (b. 1928)
- 2017 – Håkan Carlqvist, Swedish motorcycle racer (b. 1954)
- 2017 – Joan B. Lee, British-born British-American promotional model and actress (b. 1922)
- 2017 – Galip Tekin, Turkish comics (b. 1958)
- 2018 – Bruce Hunter, Former American Olympic swimmer (b. 1939)
- 2018 – Vlatko Ilievski, Macedonian singer (b. 1985)
- 2018 – Umran Ahid al-Zubi, Syrian politician and minister (b. 1959)
- 2019 – Cameron Boyce, American child actor (b. 1999)
- 2019 – Seydi Dinçtürk, Former Turkish Olympic athlete (b. 1922)
- 2019 – Eddie Jones, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2020 – Inuwa Abdulkadir, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1966)
- 2020 – Suresh Amonkar, Indian politician (b. 1952)
- 2020 – Rosario Bléfari, Argentine rock singer, songwriter, actor and writer (b. 1965)
- 2020 – Carme Contreras i Verdiales, Spanish actress and dubbing artist (b. 1932)
- 2020 – Charlie Daniels, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2020 – Julio Jiménez, Bolivian politician (b. 1964)
- 2020 – Gordon Kegakilwe, South African politician (b. 1967)
- 2020 – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer (b. 1928)
- 2020 – Giuseppe Rizza, Italian football player (b. 1987)
- 2021 – Suzzanne Douglas, American actress (b. 1957)
- 2021 – Civan Gasparyan, Armenian duduk virtuoso (b. 1928)
- 2021 – Patrick John, Dominican politician (b. 1938)
- 2022 – James Caan, American actor (b. 1940)
- 2022 – Jacob Nena, Micronesian politician (b. 1941)
- 2022 – İlter Türkmen, Turkish diplomat and politician (b. 1927)
- 2023 – Arnaldo Forlani, Italian politician (b. 1925)
Holidays and special occasions
- Independence Day: Liberation of Hatay/Kırıkhan from the French occupation (1938)
