July 6
1483 - England's King Richard III was crowned.
1535 - Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII's Church of England.
1777 - British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War.
1854 - The first 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 - A fire caused by inept fire-eaters in the main tent of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Hartford, Connecticut killed 169 people.
1957 - The Harry S. Truman Library, the nation's first presidential library, was dedicated in Independence, Missouri.
1957 - Sixteen-year-old John Lennon first met 15-year-old Paul McCartney when Lennon's band, the Quarrymen skiffle group, performed a gig at St. Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool.
1971 - Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong died in New York at age 69.
1997 - The Mars rover Sojourner rolled onto the Martian surface.
1998 - Roy Rogers, the "King of the Cowboys", died.
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 as 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 days 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.) .
2017 - The maker of opioid painkiller Opana ER said it would stop selling the drug at the request of the Food and Drug Administration in an effort to curb abuse.
Birthdays
24 - Milly Rosso (actress)
24 - Becky Rosso (actress)
26 - Manny Machado (baseball player)
26 - Leena Sayed (model)
28 - Chantel Zales (model)
28 - Jae Crowder (basketball player)
28 - Jeremy Suarez (actor)
31 - Kate Nash (singer)
35 - Gregory Smith (actor)
38 - Eva Green (actress)
39 - Kevin Hart (actor/comedian)
40 - Tia Mowry (actress)
40 - Tamara Mowry (actress)
43 - 50 Cent (rapper)
44 - Larsa Pippen (reality star)
47 - Josh Elliott (TV host)
49 - Brian Van Holt (actor)
51 - Robb Derringer (actor)
52 - Brian Posehn (actor)
58 - Pip Torrens (actor)
60 - Jennifer Saunders (actress)
61 - Susan Ford Bales (daughter of President Gerald Ford)
64 - Willie Randolph (baseball player)
65 - Nanci Griffith (country singer)
66 - Grant Goodeve (actor)
67 - Geoffrey Rush (actor)
70 - Nathalie Baye (actress)
71 - Shelley Hack (actress)
72 - Fred Dryer (actor)
72 - Sylvester Stallone (actor)
72 - George W. Bush (43rd president of the United States)
73 - Burt Ward (actor)
78 - Jeannie Seely (country singer)
78 - Gene Chandler (singer)
81 - Ned Beatty (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 6
1920 - New York Yankees score team record 14 runs in one inning versus Washington Senators.
1929 - Saint Louis has two 10-run innings and beats Philadelphia Phillies 28-6.
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 7th Wimbeldon championship.
1938 - The National League beats the American League 4-1 in the All-Star Game in Cincinnati.
1941 - 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 championship as she won the women's singles crown.
1983 - Fred Lynn of the California Angels hits the first grand slam in All-Star Game history, leading the American League to a 13-3 win.
1985 - Martina Navratilova won her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title.
1996 - Steffi Graf won her seventh Wimbledon title.
2005 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London.
2008 - Rafael Nadal won a riveting five-set Wimbledon final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7, denying Roger Federer a sixth straight title in a match that lasted 4 hours, 48 minutes.
1483 - England's King Richard III was crowned.
1535 - Sir Thomas More was beheaded after refusing to join Henry VIII's Church of England.
1777 - British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War.
1854 - The first 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 - A fire caused by inept fire-eaters in the main tent of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Hartford, Connecticut killed 169 people.
1957 - The Harry S. Truman Library, the nation's first presidential library, was dedicated in Independence, Missouri.
1957 - Sixteen-year-old John Lennon first met 15-year-old Paul McCartney when Lennon's band, the Quarrymen skiffle group, performed a gig at St. Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool.
1971 - Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong died in New York at age 69.
1997 - The Mars rover Sojourner rolled onto the Martian surface.
1998 - Roy Rogers, the "King of the Cowboys", died.
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 as 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 days 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.) .
2017 - The maker of opioid painkiller Opana ER said it would stop selling the drug at the request of the Food and Drug Administration in an effort to curb abuse.
Birthdays
24 - Milly Rosso (actress)
24 - Becky Rosso (actress)
26 - Manny Machado (baseball player)
26 - Leena Sayed (model)
28 - Chantel Zales (model)
28 - Jae Crowder (basketball player)
28 - Jeremy Suarez (actor)
31 - Kate Nash (singer)
35 - Gregory Smith (actor)
38 - Eva Green (actress)
39 - Kevin Hart (actor/comedian)
40 - Tia Mowry (actress)
40 - Tamara Mowry (actress)
43 - 50 Cent (rapper)
44 - Larsa Pippen (reality star)
47 - Josh Elliott (TV host)
49 - Brian Van Holt (actor)
51 - Robb Derringer (actor)
52 - Brian Posehn (actor)
58 - Pip Torrens (actor)
60 - Jennifer Saunders (actress)
61 - Susan Ford Bales (daughter of President Gerald Ford)
64 - Willie Randolph (baseball player)
65 - Nanci Griffith (country singer)
66 - Grant Goodeve (actor)
67 - Geoffrey Rush (actor)
70 - Nathalie Baye (actress)
71 - Shelley Hack (actress)
72 - Fred Dryer (actor)
72 - Sylvester Stallone (actor)
72 - George W. Bush (43rd president of the United States)
73 - Burt Ward (actor)
78 - Jeannie Seely (country singer)
78 - Gene Chandler (singer)
81 - Ned Beatty (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 6
1920 - New York Yankees score team record 14 runs in one inning versus Washington Senators.
1929 - Saint Louis has two 10-run innings and beats Philadelphia Phillies 28-6.
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 7th Wimbeldon championship.
1938 - The National League beats the American League 4-1 in the All-Star Game in Cincinnati.
1941 - 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 championship as she won the women's singles crown.
1983 - Fred Lynn of the California Angels hits the first grand slam in All-Star Game history, leading the American League to a 13-3 win.
1985 - Martina Navratilova won her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title.
1996 - Steffi Graf won her seventh Wimbledon title.
2005 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2012 Summer Olympics to London.
2008 - Rafael Nadal won a riveting five-set Wimbledon final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7, denying Roger Federer a sixth straight title in a match that lasted 4 hours, 48 minutes.
