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
- 1044 –The Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel takes place.
- 1785 –The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
- 1801 –Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
- 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.
- 1919 –The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
- 1939 –Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 1944 –The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America’s worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1957 –Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
- 1962 –As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
- 1967 –Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
Who were born on July 6?
- 1766 –Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813)
- 1885 –Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1898 –Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962)
- 1914 –Vincent J. McMahon, American wrestling promoter (d. 1984)
- 1927 –Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1930 –Balamurali Krishna, Indian Carnatic musician, poet and composer.
- 1931 –Jean Campeau, French-Canadian businessman and politician
- 1945 –Burt Ward, American actor
- 1947 –Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
- 1953 –Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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