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06 July, 2006
The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years. Felipe Calderon is confirmed as President of Mexico after a very close election.
06 July, 2005
Bob Geldof and Bono meet with the G8 in Gleneagles to discuss increasing aid to Africa. Afterwards, both make appearances at the Edinburgh 50,000 concert, a last concert in the Live 8 series. The International Olympic Committee announced that London will host the 2012 Summer Olympics
06 July, 2004
John Kerry names John Edwards as his Vice Presidential running mate on the Democratic Party ticket.
06 July, 2003
The Corsicans rejected a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very thin majority: 50.98 percent against, and 49.02 percent for.
06 July, 1999
US Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
06 July, 1989
The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers were killed as an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
06 July, 1988
The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the worlds worst offshore oil disaster.
06 July, 1986
Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour De France.
06 July, 1985
The National Wrestling Alliance has its first ever Great American Bash Pay-per-view.
06 July, 1983
Tony Blair gives his maiden speech in the British Parliament.
06 July, 1980
Pope John Paul II prays in Salvador, Brazil
06 July, 1978
Yana Mintoff hurled horse manure onto the floor of the British House of Commons.
06 July, 1975
The Comoros declare independence from France.
06 July, 1974
The radio program A Prairie Home Companion makes its first live broadcast.
06 July, 1973
Cherry Venture beached in Queensland due to bad weather.
06 July, 1967
Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
06 July, 1966
Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as the first President.
06 July, 1964
Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
06 July, 1957
Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so. John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles meet for the first time at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete, Liverpool.
06 July, 1946
The Bikini was first made, worn, and created.
06 July, 1944
The Hartford Circus Fire, one of Americas worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
06 July, 1942
Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her fathers office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
06 July, 1939
Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
06 July, 1933
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicagos Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League, 4 to 2.
06 July, 1928
The worlds ten largest hailstones fall in Potter, Nebraska.
06 July, 1919
The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.
06 July, 1917
World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.
06 July, 1908
Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole.
06 July, 1905
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
06 July, 1893
The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
06 July, 1892
Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
06 July, 1892
3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
06 July, 1887
David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
06 July, 1885
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
06 July, 1854
In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.
06 July, 1849
Battle of Fredericia, Denmark, Danish Army under Generals Bülow and Rye beat the Army of Schleswig-Holstein, thereby keeping the Prussians from any victory over Denmark until 1864.
06 July, 1801
Battle of Algeciras: The French navy defeats the British Royal Navy.
06 July, 1799
Ranjit Singhs 25,000 men start their march towards Lahore.
06 July, 1785
The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
06 July, 1777
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Ticonderoga: Due to a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
06 July, 1630
Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
06 July, 1609
Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
06 July, 1573
Córdoba, Argentina is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
06 July, 1560
The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
06 July, 1535
Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henrys decision to separate the English church from the Roman Catholic church.
06 July, 1495
First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
06 July, 1484
Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River.
06 July, 1483
Richard III is crowned king of England.
06 July, 1415
Jan Hus is burned at the stake.
06 July, 1348
Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death.

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