Editing July 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[371 BC]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Leuctra]] shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Leuctra |volume=16 |page=504 |first=Maximilian |last=Caspari}}</ref>
* [[640]] &ndash; [[Battle of Heliopolis]]: The Muslim Arab army under [['Amr ibn al-'As]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces near [[Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt)|Heliopolis]] ([[Diocese of Egypt (Late Antiquity)|Egypt]]).
*[[1253]] &ndash; [[Mindaugas]] is crowned King of [[Lithuania]].
*[[1348]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement VI]] issues a [[papal bull]] [[Antisemitism#Persecutions during the Middle Ages|protecting]] the [[Jews in the Middle Ages#Black Death|Jews accused]] of having caused the [[Black Death]].
*[[1411]] &ndash; [[Ming dynasty|Ming China]]'s Admiral [[Zheng He]] returns to [[Nanjing]] after the [[Ming treasure voyages#Third voyage|third treasure voyage]] and presents the [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] king, captured during the [[Ming–Kotte War]], to the [[Yongle Emperor]].
*[[1415]] &ndash; [[Jan Hus]] is condemned by the assembly of the council in the [[Konstanz Minster|Konstanz Cathedral]] as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake.<ref name="Schaff">Schaff, David Schley, ''John Huss: his life, teachings and death, after five hundred years'', (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915), p. 257</ref>
*[[1438]] &ndash; A temporary compromise between the [[Transylvanian peasant revolt|rebellious Transylvanian peasants]] and the noblemen is signed in [[Kolozsmonostor Abbey]].
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] and [[Anne Neville]] are crowned King and Queen of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anne Neville, wife of Richard III |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/anne-neville-wife-of-richard-iii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1484]] &ndash; Portuguese sea captain [[Diogo Cão]] finds the mouth of the [[Congo River]].
*[[1495]] &ndash; [[First Italian War]]: [[Battle of Fornovo]]: [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] defeats the [[Italian War of 1494–98|Holy League]].
*[[1536]] &ndash; The explorer [[Jacques Cartier]] lands at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returns with none of the gold he expected to find.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=488|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip II of Spain]], consort of [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary I of England]], sets out from [[Dover]] to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of [[Calais]], the last [[Countries of the United Kingdom|English]] possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
*[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Edinburgh]] is signed by Scotland and England.
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Córdoba, Argentina]], is founded by [[Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera]].
*  1573   &ndash; [[French Wars of Religion]]: [[Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73)|Siege of La Rochelle]] ends.

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Raid on Żejtun]]: The south east of [[Malta]], and the town of [[Żejtun]], suffer a raid from [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of [[Malta]].
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: Four thousand Swedish troops under [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus Adolphus]] land in [[Pomerania]], Germany.
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sedgemoor]]: Last battle of the [[Monmouth Rebellion]]. Troops of King James II defeat troops of [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]].
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]] suppresses the [[Patriarchate of Aquileia]] and establishes from its territory the Arch[[diocese]] of [[Udine]] and [[Gorizia]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)|Siege of Fort Ticonderoga]]: After a bombardment by British [[artillery]] under General [[John Burgoyne]], [[United States|American forces]] retreat from [[Fort Ticonderoga]], New York.
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Battle of Grenada]]: The French defeat British naval forces in the [[Caribbean]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].
*[[1791]] &ndash; At [[Padua]], the Emperor [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold II]] calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France [[Louis XVI]]'s freedom.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=766|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[First Battle of Algeciras]]: Outnumbered [[French Navy]] ships defeat the [[Royal Navy]] in the fortified Spanish port of [[Algeciras]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; The second day of the [[Battle of Wagram]]; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] of the [[United States]] held its first convention in [[Jackson, Michigan]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Louis Pasteur]] successfully tests his [[vaccine]] against [[rabies]] on [[Joseph Meister]], a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[David Kalākaua]], monarch of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]], is forced to sign the [[Bayonet Constitution]], which transfers much of the king's authority to the [[Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii]].
*[[1892]] &ndash; Three thousand eight hundred [[strike action|striking]] steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton]] agents during the [[Homestead Strike]], leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

===1901–present===
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Arab]]ian troops led by [[T. E. Lawrence]] ("Lawrence of Arabia") and [[Auda ibu Tayi]] capture [[Battle of Aqaba|Aqaba]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]] during the [[Arab Revolt]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; The [[Left SR uprising]] in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador [[Wilhelm von Mirbach]] by [[Cheka]] members.
*[[1919]] &ndash; The British [[R34 (airship)|dirigible R34]] lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
*[[1933]] &ndash; The first [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] is played in Chicago's [[Comiskey Park]]. The [[American League]] defeated the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] 4–2.
*[[1936]] &ndash; A major breach of the [[Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal]] in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading {{convert|200|ft|m}} into the [[River Irwell]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Battle of Brunete]]: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany]] closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Story Bridge]], a major landmark in [[Brisbane]], as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The German army launches its [[Battle of Smolensk (1941)|offensive to encircle several Soviet armies]] near [[Smolensk]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Anne Frank]] and her family go into hiding in the "[[Anne Frank House|Secret Annexe]]" above her father's office in an [[Amsterdam]] warehouse.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jackie Robinson]] refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a [[court-martial]].
*  1944   &ndash; The [[Hartford circus fire]], one of America's worst [[list of fires|fire disasters]], kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Henry S. Cohn|author2=David Bollier|title=The Great Hartford Circus Fire: Creative Settlement of Mass Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Azj8miXcDmcC|year=1991|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-05012-7|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003601/https://books.google.com/books?id=Azj8miXcDmcC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[1947 Sylhet referendum|Referendum]] held in [[Sylhet region|Sylhet]] to decide its fate in the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="qaty">{{cite web|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Dewan Nurul Anwar Husain|title=Sylhet Referendum, 1947|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212733/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; The [[AK-47]] goes into production in the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Althea Gibson]] wins at the [[Wimbledon Championships]], becoming the first black athlete to do so.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|journal=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|date=13 October 2003|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|pages=51–|issn=0021-5996|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803233500/https://books.google.com/books?id=TrQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming [[the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Vincent Perez Benitez|title=The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bYxJWNiLO94C&pg=PA3|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34969-0|pages=3–|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803223949/https://books.google.com/books?id=bYxJWNiLO94C&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; As a part of [[Operation Plowshare]], the [[Sedan (nuclear test)|Sedan nuclear test]] takes place.
*  1962   &ndash; ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'', the world's longest-running [[Talk show|chat show]] by the same broadcaster, airs on [[RTÉ One]] for the first time.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Malawi]] declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
*[[1966]] &ndash; Malawi becomes a [[republic]], with [[Hastings Banda]] as its first [[President of Malawi|President]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Nigerian Civil War]]: [[Nigeria]]n forces invade [[Biafra]], beginning the war.
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Comoros]] declares independence from France.
*[[1982]] &ndash; While attempting to return to [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]], [[Aeroflot Flight 411]], an [[Ilyushin Il-62]], crashes near [[Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast]], killing all 90 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86513 Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820706-0 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=aviation-safety.net |archive-date=2022-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317165520/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820706-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Piper Alpha]] drilling platform in the [[North Sea]] is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack]]: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
*[[1995]] &ndash; In the [[Bosnian War]], under the command of General [[Ratko Mladić]], Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of [[Srebrenica]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-88]] operating as [[Delta Air Lines Flight 1288]] experiences a [[turbine engine failure]] during takeoff from [[Pensacola International Airport]], killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-88 N927DA Pensacola Regional Airport, FL (PNS)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960706-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706074617/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960706-0}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: In response to the [[Drumcree conflict|Drumcree dispute]], five days of [[1997 Northern Ireland riots|mass protests, riots and gun battles]] begin in Irish nationalist districts of [[Northern Ireland]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Hong Kong International Airport]] opens in [[Chek Lap Kok]], [[Hong Kong]], replacing [[Kai Tak Airport]] as the city's international airport.
*[[2003]] &ndash; The 70-metre [[Yevpatoria]] Planetary Radar sends a [[Message to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence|METI]] message ([[Cosmic Call 2]]) to five stars: [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Hip 4872]], [[Orion (constellation)|HD 245409]], [[55 Cancri]] (HD 75732), [[HD 10307]] and [[47 Ursae Majoris]] (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The [[Nathu La]] pass between India and China, sealed during the [[Sino-Indian War]], re-opens for trade after 44 years.
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 42 people are killed in a [[Mamudo school massacre|shooting]] at a school in [[Yobe State]], [[Nigeria]].
*  2013   &ndash; A [[Boeing 777]] operating as [[Asiana Airlines Flight 214]] crashes at [[San Francisco International Airport]], killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
*  2013   &ndash; A 73-car oil train [[Lac-Mégantic derailment|derails]] in the town of [[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec]] and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
*  [[2021]] &ndash; An [[Antonov An-26]] operating as [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021)|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251]] crashes on approach to [[Palana Airport]], killing all 28 aboard.<ref name="Herald">{{cite web |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=17 July 2021 |title=Crash: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky AN26 near Palana on Jul 6th 2021, missing aircraft impacted edge of coast |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4e9e6ae8&opt=0 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=[[The Aviation Herald]]}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; The [[Georgia Guidestones]], a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alund |first=Natalie Neysa |title=Georgia Guidestones: Rural monument that some call satanic damaged in bombing, police say |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/georgia-guidestones-explosion-police-say-monument-damaged-bombing/7823958001/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>