History Events on July 06

Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

#Battle_of_Sedgemoor

American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.

#American_Revolutionary_War

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.

#John_Lennon

The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.

#Nathu_La

Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.

#Pope_Benedict_XIV

Richard III is crowned King of England.

#Richard_III_of_England

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

#Nigerian_Civil_War

Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

#Anne_Frank

The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, 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.

#Yevpatoria

Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

#Córdoba,_Argentina

World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.

#World_War_I

Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.

#Battle_of_Grenada

Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.

#Mindaugas

Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.

#Jackie_Robinson

The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.

#Left_SR_uprising

Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.

#Story_Bridge

Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.

#Jan_Hus

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.

#Boeing_777

Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.

#Hong_Kong_International_Airport

In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladi?, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.

#Bosnian_War

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.

#Piper_Alpha

The Comoros declares independence from France.

#Comoros

Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.

#Davis_Phinney

Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.

#Pope_Clement_VI

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.

#Spanish_Civil_War

?ejtun and the surrounding villages suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.

#?ejtun

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.

#Tel_Aviv-Jerusalem_bus_405_suicide_attack

The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.

#The_Troubles

Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.

#Althea_Gibson

Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.

#Thomas_More

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

#Diogo_Cão

King Philip II of Spain, consort of 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 English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.

#Philip_II_of_Spain

Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

#Malawi

Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.

#Republic

Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.

#Thirty_Years'_War

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

#Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game

In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.

#Jackson,_Michigan

Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming-Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.

#Ming_dynasty

First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.

#First_Battle_of_Algeciras

The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.

#Battle_of_Wagram

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

#Louis_Pasteur

Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

#Strike_action

The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, takes place

#371_BC

A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.

#Manchester_Bolton_&_Bury_Canal

French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.

#French_Wars_of_Religion

The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.

#Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)

A 73-car oil train 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.

At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.

The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.

As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.

The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.

Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.

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

Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.

The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

David Kal?kaua, 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.

The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.

The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.

First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.

A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.

Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).