Daily Calendar for Monday, July 6, 2026
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Monday, July 6, 2026
Died
- Henry II of England –
- Alexander II of Scotland –
- Sir Thomas More (author, martyr) –
- Edward VI, King of England –
- Louis Armstrong (American musician; died in Corona, New York) –
- Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys –
- John Frankenheimer (director) –
- William Ruger (founder of Sturm, Ruger) –
- Buddy Ebsen (actor) –
- Kasey Rogers (actress) –
- James Caan (actor ) –
Born
- John Flaxman (sculptor) –
- Verner Von Heidenstam (poet) –
- LaVerne Andrews (singer) –
- Nancy Davis Reagan (U.S. First Lady) –
- Merv Griffin (entertainer) –
- Bill Haley (musician) –
- Della Reese (singer and actress) –
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (pianist) –
- George W. Bush (43rd U.S. president) –
- Sylvester Stallone (American actor, director, and screenwriter; born in New York, N.Y.) –
- Geoffrey Rush (actor) –
- Ronald Duguay (hockey player) –
- Jennifer Saunders (actress) –
- 50 Cent (rapper) –
Events
- Notorious pirate Captain William Kidd (“Captain Kidd”) seized in Boston –
- Pennsylvania Evening Post first newspaper to publish Declaration of Independence –
- French scientist Louis Pasteur successfully tested a vaccine against rabies on a boy bitten by an infected dog –
- First east-to-west Atlantic crossing by a dirigible (R34) completed, Scotland to N.Y. –
- First major league All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park –
- The main tent of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus went up in flames during a performance in Hartford, Connecticut; over 165 people died and many more were injured –
- Candid Microphone made its radio debut –
- Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championship becoming the first African American athlete to do so –
- A nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site caused the largest manmade crater in the United States (Sedan Crater). –
- The first Beatles film, A Hard Day’s Night, premiered –
- Fires in Quebec brought smoke to northeastern U.S. –
- Queen Elizabeth II dedicated and formally opened a $6.5 million oval granite water fountain in honor of Princess Diana in Hyde Park –
Weather
- A hailstone measuring 5.5 inches in diameter and weighing 1.5 pounds fell from the sky in Potter, Nebraska –
- Steele, North Dakota, was 121 degrees F –
- Moorhead, Minnesota, was 114 degrees F –
- Skies over Greater Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, were lit up by over 7,000 lightning strikes. –