06 July History
- 1415 - Jan Hus, a Czech who spoke out against Church corruption, is burned at the stake as a heretic.
- 1519 - Charles of Spain is elected Holy Roman emperor in Barcelona.
- 1535 - Sir Thomas More is beheaded in England for refusing to swear allegiance to King Henry VIII as head of the Church.
- 1536 - Jaques Cartier returns to France after discovering the St. Lawrence River in Canada.
- 1685 - James II defeats James, the Duke of Monmouth, at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the last major battle to be fought on English soil.
- 1770 - The entire Ottoman fleet is destroyed by the Russians at the battle of Cesme.
- 1788 - 10,000 troops are called out in Paris as unrest mounts in the poorer districts over poverty and lack of food.
- 1836 - French General Thomas Bugeaud defeats Abd al-Kader's forces beside the Sikkak River in Algeria.
- 1835 - John Marshall, the third chief justice of the Supreme Court, dies at the age of 79. Two days later, while tolling in his honor in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell cracks.
- 1854 - The Republican Party is officially organized in Jackson, Michigan.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur gives the first successful anti-rabies innoculation.
- 1944 - Lieutenant Jackie Robinson of the U.S. Army, while riding a civilian bus from Camp Hoo, Texas, refuses to give up his seat to a white man.
- 1945 - B-29 Superfortress bombers attack Honshu, Japan, using new fire-bombing techniques.
- 1945 - Operation Overcast begins in Europe–moving Austrian and German scientists and their equipment to the United States.
- 1982 - President Ronald Reagan agrees to contribute U.S. troops to the peacekeeping unit in Beruit.
06 July Birthdays
- 1747 - John Paul Jones, naval hero of the American Revolution.
- 1910 - Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer.
- 1921 - Nancy Reagan, wife of President Ronald Reagan.
- 1927 - Bill Haley, rock 'n' roll musician.
- 1935 - Dalai Lama [Tenzin Gyatso], Tibetan religious leader, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.