July 6
Today is the 188th day of 2016, there are 178 days left in the year.
1483 - England's King Richard III was crowned.
1535 - Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason after refusing to join King Henry VIII's Church of England.
1777 - British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War.
1854 - The first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan.
1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully treated a patient with a rabies vaccine.
1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed.
1942 - Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
1944 - Fire broke out in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut, killing 169 people. Inept fire-eaters were found to be the cause of the blaze.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.
1945 - Nicaragua became the first nation to ratify the United Nations charter.
1997 - The Mars Sojourner rover rolled onto the Martian surface.
1998 - Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, died at age 86 in Apple Valley, California.
2003 - Former ambassador Joseph Wilson, in a New York Times op-ed, disputed President George W. Bush's statement that Iraq had sought uranium in Africa, saying he had found no evidence to support the claim when the CIA asked him to investigate.
2004 - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry chose Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina to be his running mate.
2005 - Soap opera actress Kelly Monaco won the first season of "Dancing With the Stars".
2005 - New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed after refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of an undercover CIA operative's name.
2010 - Queen Elizabeth II addressed the United Nations for the first time since 1957 during her first visit to New York in more than 30 years.
2010 - Actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 90 dais in a residential substance-abuse program for violating her probation stemming from two separate 2007 cases of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. (She served 14 days behind bars.)
Birthdays
22 - Becky Rosso (actress)
22 - Milly Rosso (actress)
26 - Jae Crowder (basketball player)
26 - Chantel Zales (model)
28 - Katy Tiz (singer)
28 - Brittany Underwood (actress)
34 - Brandon Jacobs (football player)
34 - Christopher Kane (fashion designer)
36 - Eva Green (actress)
36 - Pau Gasol (basketball player)
37 - Kevin Hart (actor/comedian)
38 - Tia Mowry (actress)
38 - Tamera Mowry (actress)
41 - 50 Cent (rapper)
58 - Jennifer Saunders (actress)
65 - Geoffrey Rush (actor)
70 - Sylvester Stallone (actor)
70 - George W. Bush (43rd president of the Untied States)
71 - Burt Ward (actor)
81 - Dalai Lama (religious leader)
85 - Della Reese (actress/gospel singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 6
1933 - Baseball's first All-Star Game was held at Chicago's Comiskey Park, with the American League defeating the National League 4-2.
1935 - Helen Wills Moody wins her seventh Wimbledon championship.
1938 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-1 in Cincinnati.
1941 - The New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield.
1942 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 in New York.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
1983 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 13-3. In the game, Fred Lynn of the California Angels hits the first grand slam in All-Star Game history.
1985 - Martina Navratilova wins her fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.
1996 - Steffi Graf wins her seventh Wimbledon championship.
2005 - The 2012 Summer Olympic Games are awarded to London.
2008 - Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer to win his first Wimbledon title.
Today is the 188th day of 2016, there are 178 days left in the year.
1483 - England's King Richard III was crowned.
1535 - Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason after refusing to join King Henry VIII's Church of England.
1777 - British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War.
1854 - The first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan.
1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully treated a patient with a rabies vaccine.
1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed.
1942 - Anne Frank and her family sought refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
1944 - Fire broke out in the main tent of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut, killing 169 people. Inept fire-eaters were found to be the cause of the blaze.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order establishing the Medal of Freedom.
1945 - Nicaragua became the first nation to ratify the United Nations charter.
1997 - The Mars Sojourner rover rolled onto the Martian surface.
1998 - Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, died at age 86 in Apple Valley, California.
2003 - Former ambassador Joseph Wilson, in a New York Times op-ed, disputed President George W. Bush's statement that Iraq had sought uranium in Africa, saying he had found no evidence to support the claim when the CIA asked him to investigate.
2004 - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry chose Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina to be his running mate.
2005 - Soap opera actress Kelly Monaco won the first season of "Dancing With the Stars".
2005 - New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed after refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of an undercover CIA operative's name.
2010 - Queen Elizabeth II addressed the United Nations for the first time since 1957 during her first visit to New York in more than 30 years.
2010 - Actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 90 dais in a residential substance-abuse program for violating her probation stemming from two separate 2007 cases of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. (She served 14 days behind bars.)
Birthdays
22 - Becky Rosso (actress)
22 - Milly Rosso (actress)
26 - Jae Crowder (basketball player)
26 - Chantel Zales (model)
28 - Katy Tiz (singer)
28 - Brittany Underwood (actress)
34 - Brandon Jacobs (football player)
34 - Christopher Kane (fashion designer)
36 - Eva Green (actress)
36 - Pau Gasol (basketball player)
37 - Kevin Hart (actor/comedian)
38 - Tia Mowry (actress)
38 - Tamera Mowry (actress)
41 - 50 Cent (rapper)
58 - Jennifer Saunders (actress)
65 - Geoffrey Rush (actor)
70 - Sylvester Stallone (actor)
70 - George W. Bush (43rd president of the Untied States)
71 - Burt Ward (actor)
81 - Dalai Lama (religious leader)
85 - Della Reese (actress/gospel singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 6
1933 - Baseball's first All-Star Game was held at Chicago's Comiskey Park, with the American League defeating the National League 4-2.
1935 - Helen Wills Moody wins her seventh Wimbledon championship.
1938 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-1 in Cincinnati.
1941 - The New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield.
1942 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 3-1 in New York.
1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
1983 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 13-3. In the game, Fred Lynn of the California Angels hits the first grand slam in All-Star Game history.
1985 - Martina Navratilova wins her fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.
1996 - Steffi Graf wins her seventh Wimbledon championship.
2005 - The 2012 Summer Olympic Games are awarded to London.
2008 - Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer to win his first Wimbledon title.
