July 06

Wednesday 06, 1988:

Carlos Salinas wins controversial Mexican presidential election.

Monday 06, 1964:

Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

Thursday 06, 1905:

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.

Wednesday 06, 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.

Monday 06, 1885:

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

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