July 6

Birthdays:

1952 ~ Hilary Mantel, British author.

1951 ~ Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor.

1946 ~ George W. Bush, 43^rd President of the United States.

1946 ~ Sylvester Stallone, American actor.

1946 ~ Jamie Wyeth, American painter.

1937 ~ Ned Beatty, American actor.

1935 ~ Tenzin Gyatso, Tibetan monk and 14^th Dalai Lama.  He was also the recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.

1927 ~ Pat Paulsen (né Patrick Layton Paulsen, d. Apr. 24, 1997), American comedian and sometimes politician.  He died of cancer at age 69.

1927 ~ Janet Leigh (née Jeanette Helen Morrison, d. Oct. 3, 2004), American actress.  She is best remembered for her performance in the Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Psycho.  She died of a heart attack at age 77.

1925 ~ Merv Griffin (né Mervyn Edward Griffin, Jr., d. Aug. 12, 2007), American producer best known for creating game shows such as Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.  He died at age 82.

1921 ~ Nancy Reagan (née Anne Frances Robbins, d. Mar. 6, 2016), First Lady of the United States and wife of President Ronald Reagan.  She died of congestive heart failure at age 94.

1918 ~ Sebastian Cabot (né Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot. d. Aug. 22, 1977), English actor.  He is best known for his role as Giles French on the sit-com Family Affair, which ran from 1966 until 1971.  He died of a stroke at age 59.

1916 ~ Harold Norse (d. June 8, 2009), American writer and rebel poet who ran with the Beats.  He died a month before his 93^rd birthday.

1912 ~ Georgeanna Jones (d. Mar. 26, 2005), American reproductive endocrinologist who began an in vitro fertilization clinic with her husband, Howard Jones (1910 ~ 2015), after reaching retirement age.  Elizabeth Carr, born on December 28, 1981, was first “test tube” baby born in the United States, was born as a result of their research.  Georgeanna Jones died at age 92.

1907 ~ Frieda Kahlo (née Magdlaena Carmen Frieda Kally y Calderón, d. July 13, 1954), Mexican painter.  She died 1 week following her 47^th birthday.

1903 ~ Hugo Theorell (d. Aug. 15, 1982), Swedish biochemist and recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  He died at age 79.

1900 ~ Kathryn Hulme (d. Aug. 25, 1981), American writer, best known for her novel, The Nun’s Story.  She died at age 81.

1887 ~ Marc Chagall (d. Mar. 28, 1985), Russian-born painter.  He is best known as one of the world’s preeminent Jewish artists and is best known for creating the Jerusalem windows at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.  He died at age 97.

1859 ~ Verner von Heidenstam (d. May 20, 1940), Swedish writer and recipient of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature.  He died at age 80.

1832 ~ Maximilian I (d. June 19, 1867), of the Second Mexican Empire was executed by firing squad just 17 days before his 35^th birthday.

1818 ~ Adolf Anderssen (né Karl Ernst Aldolf Anderssen, d. Mar. 13, 1879), German mathematician.  He died at age 60.

1796 ~ Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. Mar. 2, 1855).  July 6 is the date of his birth under the Gregorian calendar.  His birthday is June 25 under the calendar used by Russia at the time of his birth.  He died at age 58.

1796 ~ Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. Mar. 2, 1855).  He died at age 58.

1785 ~ Sir William Jackson Hooker (d. Aug. 12, 1865), English botanist.  He died at age 80.

1747 ~ John Paul Jones (d. July 18, 1792), American naval commander during the American Revolution.  He died 12 days after his 45^th birthday.

Events that Changed the World:

2013 ~ A Boeing 777 crashed upon landing at the San Francisco International Airport.  Three people were killed and over 180 people were injured.

1989 ~ Fourteen passengers were killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver causing the bus to go over the edge of a cliff in what became known as the Israeli 405 Bus Slaughter.

1976 ~ The first women were inducted into the United States Naval Academy.

1967 ~ The Nigerian Civil War began when Nigerian forces invaded Biafra.

1957 ~ Althea Gibson (1927 ~ 2003) win the Wimbledon championships.

1947 ~ The AK-47 went into production in the Soviet Union.

1944 ~ The Hartford Circus Fire in Hartford, Connecticut killed over 168 people and injured over 700 more in one of the worst fire disasters in the United States.

1942 ~ Anne Frank (1929 ~ 1945) and her family were sent into hiding at the “Secret Annexe” in Amsterdam.

1939 ~ The last remaining Jewish businesses in Germany were closed during the Holocaust.

1933 ~ The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago’s Cominsky Park.  The American League defeated the National League in the game.

1887 ~ Americans forced King David Kalākaua of Hawaii (1836 ~ 1891), to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which gave American more power in Hawaii and stripped native Hawaiian citizens of their rights.

1885 ~ Louis Pasteur (1822 ~ 1895) successfully tested his vaccine against rabies.  He tested the vaccine on a young boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog.

1854 ~ The first convention of the United States Republican Party was held in Jackson, Michigan.

1785 ~ The Dollar was chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.

1483 ~ Richard III (1452 ~ 1485) was crown King of England.  He had actually become King on June 28, 1483, but his coronation was on this date.  He was king until his death at age 32 in August 1485.

1348 ~ Pope Clement VI (1291 ~ 1352) issued a Papal bull protecting the Jews who were accused of having caused the Black Death.

1189 ~ Richard I, the Lionheart (1157 ~ 1199), was crowned King of England.  He reigned as king from July 1189 until his death in April 1199.

Good-Byes:

2015 ~ Jerry Weintraub (né Jerome Charles Weingraub, b. Sept. 26, 1937), American impresario who triumphed in music and film.  He began his career as a talent agent.  He was 77 years old.

2009 ~ Robert McNamara (b. June 9, 1916), 8^th Secretary of Defense who was undone by Vietnam.  He served under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.  He was a major figure in America’s role in the Vietnam War.  He died less than a month before his 94^th birthday.

2005 ~ Bruno Augenstein (b. Mar. 16, 1923), German mathematician.  He died at age 82.

2005 ~ L. Patrick Gray (né Louis Patrick Gray, b. July 18, 1916), Acting Director of the FBI following the death of J. Edgar Hoover.  He was appointed to head the FBI by President Richard Nixon.  He died 12 days before his 89^th birthday.

2005 ~ Claude Simon (b. Oct. 10, 1913), French writer and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.  He died at age 91.

2003 ~ Buddy Ebsen (né Christian Ludolf Ebsen, Jr., b. Apr. 2, 1908), American actor, best known for his role as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.  He died at age 95.

1998 ~ Roy Rogers (né Leonard Franklin Slye, b. Nov. 5, 1911), American actor and singer.  He died at age 86.

1973 ~ Otto Klemperer (b. May 14, 1885), German conductor.  He died at age 88.

1971 ~ Louis Armstrong (b. Aug. 4, 1901), American jazz trumpeter.  He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.  He died a month before his 70^th birthday.

1962 ~William Faulkner (b Sept. 25, 1897), American southern writer and recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.  He died at age 64.

1961 ~ Woodall Rodgers (né James Woodall Rodgers, b. May 11, 1890), Mayor of Dallas, Texas.  He served from 1939 until 1947.  He died at age 71.

1932 ~ Kenneth Grahame (b. Mar. 8, 1859), English author, best known for his novel, The Wind in the Willows.  He died at age 73.

1893 ~ Guy de Maupassant (né Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant, b. Aug. 5, 1850) French short-story writer.  He died a month before his 43^rd birthday.

1854 ~ Georg Simon Ohm (b. Mar. 16, 1789), German physicist and mathematician.  He died at age 65.

1835 ~ John Marshall (b. Sept. 24, 1755), 4^th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  He was appointed to the High Court by President John Adams.  He served in that office from January 1801 until July 1835.  He has also served as the 4^th Secretary of State, under President John Adams.  He died at age 79.

1553 ~ King Edward VI of England (b. Oct. 12, 1537).  He died at age 15.

1535 ~ Sir Thomas More (b. Feb. 7, 1478) was executed by beheading for treason against King Henry VIII of England.  He was 57 years old.

1476 ~ Regiomontanus (né Johannes Müller von Königsberg, b. June 6, 1436), German mathematician and astronomer.  He died a month after his 40^th birthday.

1415 ~ Jan Hus (b. 1369), Czech priest and religious reformer.  He was condemned as a heretic and burned at stake at about age 46.  The exact date and year of his birth is unknown.

1249 ~ King Alexander of Scotland (b. Aug. 24, 1198).  He died at age 50.

1189 ~ King Henry II of England (b. Mar. 5, 1133).  He died at age 56.