Today in History
6 July
192 births · 100 deaths · 64 events recorded
Notable Births
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Zion Williamson
b. 2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
Comethazine
b. 1998
American rapper (born 1998)
Ludwig Ahgren
b. 1995
American YouTuber and streamer (born 1995)
Andrew Benintendi
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Han Na-lae
b. 1992
South Korean tennis player
Manny Machado
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Heinrich Harrer
b. 1912
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
Frida Kahlo
b. 1907
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
Notable Deaths
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Khyree Jackson
d. 2024
American football player (1999–2024)
James Caan
d. 2022
American actor (1940–2022)
Arnaldo Pambianco
d. 2022
Italian cyclist (1935–2022)
Charlie Daniels
d. 2020
American musician (1936–2020)
Mary Kay Letourneau
d. 2020
American sex offender (1962–2020)
Ennio Morricone
d. 2020
Italian composer and conductor (1928–2020)
Cameron Boyce
d. 2019
American actor (1999–2019)
Cornelia Sorabji
d. 1954
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer (1866–1954)
On This Day in History
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2022
The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
Georgia Guidestones
2021
An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.
Antonov An-26
2013
At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
Mamudo school massacre
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.
Boeing 777
2013
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.
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
2006
The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
Nathu La
2003
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
1998
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