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On This Day · The 187th day of the year

July 6

July 6's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Cancer is the sign for July 6 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 6?

July 6 is the 187th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1777 and 2013. Famous people born on July 6 include George W. Bush, Daniel Morgan and Ned Beatty.

Released on July 6

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • TV The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

2022

  • TV Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World

2021

  • Game Crowfall
  • TV Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1777

    American Revolutionary War

  2. 1791

    Padua

  3. 1885

    Louis Pasteur

  4. 1917

    World War I

  5. 1936

    Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

  6. 1940

    Story Bridge

  7. 1941

    World War II

  8. 1997

    The Troubles

  9. 2013

    Boeing 777

  10. 2013

    Mamudo school massacre

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 6

George W. Bush

b. 1946

Daniel Morgan

b. 1736

Ned Beatty

b. 1937

Frida Kahlo

b. 1907

50 Cent

b. 1975

14th Dalai Lama

b. 1935

Gregory Smith (actor)

b. 1983

Sylvester Stallone

b. 1946

Deaths

  • 2020Ennio Morricone
  • 1976Zhu De
  • 1971Louis Armstrong
  • 1893Guy de Maupassant
  • 1854Georg Ohm
  • 1802Daniel Morgan

Holidays & observances

  • —The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Goretti
  • —Christian feast day: Romulus of Fiesole
  • —Christian feast day: July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)
  • —Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)
  • —Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
  • —Independence Day (Malawi), celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.

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