July 06

Wednesday 06, 2005:

Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper agrees to testify to a grand jury that Karl Rove revealed to him Valerie Plame's secret CIA identity.

Tuesday 06, 2004:

The New York Post erroneously reports that Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has selected Dick Gephardt as his running mate.

Sunday 06, 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.

Thursday 06, 1989:

1989 - At 01:23:45 AM, the time and date by British reckoning was 01:23:45 6/7/89. This was also true 12 hours later excepting 24-hour time.

Wednesday 06, 1988:

Carlos Salinas wins controversial Mexican presidential election.

Sunday 06, 1975:

The Comoros declare independence from France.

Saturday 06, 1974:

The radio program A Prairie Home Companion makes its first live broadcast.

Thursday 06, 1967:

Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.

Wednesday 06, 1966:

Malawi becomes a republic.

Monday 06, 1964:

Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

Saturday 06, 1957:

John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles meet for the first time.

Thursday 06, 1944:

The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.

Thursday 06, 1939:

Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.

Thursday 06, 1933:

The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeats the National League, 4 to 2.

Friday 06, 1928:

The ten world's largest hailstones fall in Potter, Nebraska.

Friday 06, 1923:

Treaty of Union signed by Russia, Transcaucasia, Ukraine and Belarus, establishing the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Sunday 06, 1919:

The British dirigible R-34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.

Friday 06, 1917:

World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.

Monday 06, 1908:

Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole.

Thursday 06, 1905:

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

Wednesday 06, 1892:

Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.

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.

Thursday 06, 1854:

In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.

Monday 06, 1801:

Battle of Algeciras: The French navy defeats the British Royal Navy.

Saturday 06, 1799:

Ranjit Singh's 25,000 men start march towards Lahore.

Wednesday 06, 1785:

The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.

Sunday 06, 1777:

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Ticonderoga, bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne forces American retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

Saturday 06, 1630:

Thirty-Years War: 4,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.

Monday 06, 1609:

Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.

Friday 06, 1573:

Córdoba, Argentina is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

Wednesday 06, 1560:

The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.

Saturday 06, 1495:

Charles VIII fights in the Battle of Fornovo against the Holy League, ending his attempted conquest of Italy.

Sunday 06, 1484:

Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River.

Friday 06, 1483:

Richard III is crowned king of England.

Sunday 06, 1253:

Mindaugas is crowned king of Lithuania.

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