Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: July 6
July 6, 2025 is the 187th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Cancer is your zodiac sign. Ruby is your modern birthstone. Ruby is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: July 6
- 371 BC –The Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeats Cleombrotus I, takes place.
- 1495 –First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
- 1892 –Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
- 1893 –The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
- 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.
- 1942 –Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the “Secret Annexe” above her father’s office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
- 1944 –The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America’s worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1975 –The Comoros declare independence from France.
- 1988 –The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world’s worst offshore oil disaster.
- 2003 –The 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 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.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1818 –Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
- 1923 –Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister and President of Poland
- 1925 –Bill Haley, American singer (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)
- 1939 –Jet Harris, English bassist (The Shadows) (d. 2011)
- 1940 –Jeannie Seely, American country music singer
- 1961 –Rick Price, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1963 –Todd Burns, American baseball player
- 1974 –Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 –Jamal Idris, Australian Rugby League player
- 1994 –Camilla Rosso, English actress
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