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Historical Events on July 6

  • Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)

    1777

    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.

  • Rabies

    1885

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

  • Battle of Aqaba

    1917

    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.

  • Battle of Brunete

    1937

    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.

  • The Holocaust

    1939

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

  • Battle of Smolensk (1941)

    1941

    Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.

  • Paul McCartney

    1957

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

  • Srebrenica

    1995

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

  • Asiana Airlines Flight 214

    2013

    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.

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