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• 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Leuctra |volume=16 |page=504 |first=Maximilian |last=Caspari}}
• 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt).
• 1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania.
• 1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death.
• 1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor.
• 1415 – Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake.Schaff, David Schley, John Huss: his life, teachings and death, after five hundred years, (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915), p. 257
• 1438 – A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
• 1483 – Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned King and Queen of England.{{cite web |title=Anne Neville, wife of Richard III |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/anne-neville-wife-of-richard-iii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}
• 1484 – Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
• 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
• 1536 – The explorer Jacques Cartier lands at St. Malo at the end of his second expedition to North America. He returns with none of the gold he expected to find.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=488|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}
• 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
• 1560 – The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
• 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
• 1573 – French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ends.

• 1614 – Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
• 1630 – Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus land in Pomerania, Germany.
• 1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.
• 1751 – Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
• 1779 – Battle of Grenada: The French defeat British naval forces in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War.
• 1791 – At Padua, the Emperor Leopold II calls on the monarchs of Europe to join him in demanding the king of France Louis XVI's freedom.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=766|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}
• 1801 – First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeat the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras.
• 1809 – The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1854 – The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
• 1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
• 1887 – David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

• 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.
• 1918 – The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
• 1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
• 1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
• 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading {{convert|200|ft|m}} into the River Irwell.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
• 1939 – Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
• 1940 – Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
• 1941 – World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
• 1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
• 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
• 1944 – The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.{{cite book|author1=Henry S. Cohn|author2=David Bollier|title=The Great Hartford Circus Fire: Creative Settlement of Mass Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Azj8miXcDmcC|year=1991|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-05012-7|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003601/https://books.google.com/books?id=Azj8miXcDmcC|url-status=live}}
• 1947 – Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.{{cite web|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Dewan Nurul Anwar Husain|title=Sylhet Referendum, 1947|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212733/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947|url-status=live}}
• 1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• 1957 – Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.{{cite journal|author=Johnson Publishing Company|title=Jet|journal=Jet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|date=13 October 2003|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|pages=51–|issn=0021-5996|access-date=29 October 2018|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803233500/https://books.google.com/books?id=TrQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|url-status=live}}
• 1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.{{cite book|author=Vincent Perez Benitez|title=The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bYxJWNiLO94C&pg=PA3|year=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34969-0|pages=3–|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803223949/https://books.google.com/books?id=bYxJWNiLO94C&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}
• 1962 – As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
• 1962 – The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• 1964 – Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1966 – Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• 1967 – Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
• 1975 – The Comoros declares independence from France.
• 1982 – While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86513 Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820706-0 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=aviation-safety.net |archive-date=2022-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317165520/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820706-0 |url-status=live }}
• 1988 – The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
• 1989 – The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
• 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
• 1996 – A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff from Pensacola International Airport, killing two and injuring five of the 147 people on board.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas MD-88 N927DA Pensacola Regional Airport, FL (PNS)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960706-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2021-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706074617/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19960706-0}}
• 1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
• 1998 – Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
• 2003 – The 70-metre Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.
• 2006 – The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• 2013 – At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
• 2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
• 2013 – A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.
• 2021 – An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.{{cite web |last=Hradecky |first=Simon |date=17 July 2021 |title=Crash: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky AN26 near Palana on Jul 6th 2021, missing aircraft impacted edge of coast |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4e9e6ae8&opt=0 |access-date=17 July 2021 |website=The Aviation Herald}}
• 2022 – The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.{{Cite web |last=Alund |first=Natalie Neysa |title=Georgia Guidestones: Rural monument that some call satanic damaged in bombing, police say |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/06/georgia-guidestones-explosion-police-say-monument-damaged-bombing/7823958001/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

• 1387 – Queen Blanche I of Navarre (d. 1441)Anthony, Raoul: Identification et Etude des Ossements des Rois de Navarre inhumés dans la Cathédrale de Lescar, Paris, Masson, 1931
• 1423 – Antonio Manetti, Italian mathematician and architect (d. 1497){{cite book|author=Antonio Manetti|title=The life of Brunelleschi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A95PAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|isbn=9780271000756|access-date=2018-10-08|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803222112/https://books.google.com/books?id=A95PAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
• 1580 – Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (d. 1646){{cite book|url=https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Stobaeus,_Johann|author=Robert Eitner|title=Stobaeus, Johann|series=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie|year=1893|page=261|publisher=Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 36, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, S. 261 f.|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204170609/https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Stobaeus,_Johann|url-status=live}}

• 1623 – Jacopo Melani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1676)
• 1678 – Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1729)
• 1686 – Antoine de Jussieu, French biologist and academic (d. 1758)
• 1701 – Mary, Countess of Harold, English aristocrat and philanthropist (d. 1785)Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, Vol. 1, p. 1065.
• 1736 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
• 1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)
• 1766 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (d. 1813)
• 1782 – Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1824)
• 1785 – William Hooker, English botanist and academic (d. 1865)
• 1789 – María Isabella of Spain (d. 1846)
• 1796 – Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855){{cite book|title=The British Imperial Calendar, on General Register of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Its Colonies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJ9jAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA93|year=1853|publisher=Arthur Varenham|pages=93|access-date=2020-02-04|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804003624/https://books.google.com/books?id=SJ9jAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA93|url-status=live}}
• 1797 – Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (d. 1869){{cite book | last = Dod | first = Robert P. | title = The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland | year = 1860 | publisher = Whitaker and Co. | location = London | pages = 89 }}
• 1799 – Louisa Caroline Huggins Tuthill, American author (d. 1879){{cite book|last=Baym|first=Nina|title=American women writers and the work of history, 1790-1860|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomenwri00baym|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-2142-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/americanwomenwri00baym/page/259 259]}}
• 1817 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
• 1818 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879)
• 1823 – Sophie Adlersparre, Swedish publisher, writer, and women's rights activist (d. 1895){{Cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5564|title=K Sophie Adlersparre (f. Leijonhuvud) - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon|website=sok.riksarkivet.se|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=2019-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130110105/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5564|url-status=live}}
• 1829 – Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1880)
• 1831 – Sylvester Pennoyer, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Oregon (d. 1902)
• 1832 – Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867){{cite book|author1=Joseph Haydn|author2=Benjamin Vincent|title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages and Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQdBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA478|year=1876|publisher=Ward, Lock & Company|pages=478|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193213/https://books.google.com/books?id=KQdBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA478|url-status=live}}
• 1837 – R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
• 1838 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
• 1840 – José María Velasco Gómez, Mexican painter and academic (d. 1912)
• 1843 – John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (d. 1915)
• 1846 – Ángela Peralta, Mexican opera singer (d. 1883){{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-recognizes-renowned-soprano-angela-peralta/|title=Google Doodle recognizes renowned soprano Ángela Peralta|website=cnet.com|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706174722/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-doodle-recognizes-renowned-soprano-angela-peralta/|url-status=live}}
• 1856 – George Howard Earle, Jr., American lawyer and businessman (d. 1928)
• 1858 – William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (d. 1943)
• 1865 – Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (d. 1950)
• 1868 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1935)
• 1873 – Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician, 140th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
• 1877 – Arnaud Massy, French golfer (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926){{cite book|author=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura|title=100 Faces from Finland: A Biographical Kaleidoscope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xq1aAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=FLS|isbn=978-951-746-215-0|page=253|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191854/https://books.google.com/books?id=xq1aAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
• 1883 – Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (d. 1971){{cite book|author=Frank Clements|title=Rhodesia: The Course to Collision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72t0AAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Pall Mall Press|page=56|isbn=9780903450430|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194243/https://books.google.com/books?id=72t0AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
• 1884 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American businessman and sailor (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1886 – Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (d. 1944){{cite book|author=Carole Fink|title=Marc Bloch: A Life in History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fzXYwLKdO8sC&pg=PA13|date=2 May 1991|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-40671-0|pages=13|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191752/https://books.google.com/books?id=fzXYwLKdO8sC&pg=PA13|url-status=live}}
• 1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)
• 1887 – Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (d. 1975)
• 1890 – Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (d. 1936)
• 1891 – Earle S. MacPherson, American engineer, created MacPherson strut (d. 1960){{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41957062/retired_ford_vp_dies_at_69/ |title=Retired Ford VP Dies at 69 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=Jan 27, 1960 |page=29 |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}
• 1892 – Will James, American author and illustrator (d. 1942)
• 1897 – Richard Krautheimer, German-American historian and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian soldier and composer (d. 1962)
• 1899 – Susannah Mushatt Jones, American supercentarian (d. 2016)
• 1900 – Frederica Sagor Maas, American author and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1900 – Elfriede Wever, German Olympic runner (d. 1941)

• 1903 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
• 1904 – Robert Whitney, American conductor and composer (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect (d. 1982){{Cite web|title=Juan O'Gorman {{!}} Mexican architect and muralist|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-OGorman|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611202457/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-OGorman|url-status=live}}
• 1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)
• 1907 – George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)
• 1908 – Anton Muttukumaru, Sri Lankan general and diplomat (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1999)
• 1910 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (d. 1946)
• 1911 – June Gale, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian geographer and mountaineer (d. 2006)
• 1912 – Molly Yard, American feminist (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Vance Trimble, American journalist and author (d. 2021)
• 1914 – Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE (d. 1984)
• 1914 – Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Harold Norse, American poet and author (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)
• 1918 – Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2017)
• 1921 – Billy Mauch, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Bobby Mauch, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016){{cite web |url=http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp|title=Nancy Reagan > Her Life & Times|access-date=September 22, 2007|publisher=Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024063625/http://www.reaganlibrary.com/reagan/nancy/nancy_bio.asp|archive-date=October 24, 2006 }}
• 1922 – William Schallert, American actor; president (1979–81) of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist, recipients of the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour (d. 2016)
• 1924 – Louie Bellson, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (d. 2002){{cite book|first=Richard|last=Lane|title=The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|year=2000|page=171-121}}
• 1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic
• 1926 – Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist (d. 2022){{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=2022-06-16 |title=Dorothy E. Smith, Groundbreaker in Feminist Sociology, Dies at 95 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/education/dorothy-e-smith-dead.html |access-date=2023-07-26 |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1927 – Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (d. 1988)
• 1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress and author (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Bernard Malgrange, French mathematician (d. 2024)
• 1929 – Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, French politician historian (d. 2023)
• 1930 – George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2021){{Cite web|title=Former Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong dead at 90, team says|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7596303/george-armstrong-obit/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Global News|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124154026/https://globalnews.ca/news/7596303/george-armstrong-obit/|url-status=live}}
• 1930 – Ian Burgess, English racing driver (d. 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-burian.html|title=Latest Formula 1 Breaking News - Grandprix.com|website=www.grandprix.com|access-date=2020-07-06|archive-date=2020-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802182920/https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-burian.html|url-status=live}}
• 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
• 1931 – László Tábori, Hungarian runner and coach (d. 2018)
• 1932 – Herman Hertzberger, Dutch architect and academic
• 1935 – Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
• 1936 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor
• 1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor (d. 2021){{cite web |last1=Vigdor |first1=Neil |title=Ned Beatty, Actor Known for 'Network' and 'Deliverance,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/arts/ned-beatty-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 June 2021 |date=2021-06-14 |archive-date=2021-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614010005/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/arts/ned-beatty-dead.html |url-status=live }}
• 1937 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1937 – Bessie Head, Botswanan writer (d. 1986){{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bessie-Emery-Head|title=Bessie Emery Head | South African novelist|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-02-05|archive-date=2018-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708192820/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bessie-Emery-Head|url-status=live}}
• 1937 – Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Jet Harris, English bass player (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter
• 1939 – Bruce Hunter, American swimmer (d. 2018)
• 1939 – Gérard Bourgoin, French sports executive, president of AJ Auxerre (2011–2013) and (Ligue de Football Professionnel) (d. 2025)[https://www.newsday.com/sports/soccer/soccer-auxerre-ligue1-bourgoin-obit-q36461 Gerard Bourgoin, leading figure of French soccer, has died at 85]
• 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan
• 1940 – Jeannie Seely, Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
• 1940 – Siti Norma Yaakob, Malaysian lawyer and judge{{Cite web|title=Tan Sri Dato Seri Siti Norma Yaakob|url=https://www.um.edu.my/tan-sri-dato-seri-siti-norma-yaakob|access-date=2020-10-17|website=University of Malaya|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017013146/https://www.um.edu.my/tan-sri-dato-seri-siti-norma-yaakob|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=January 4, 2007|title=Tan Sri Siti Norma retires tomorrow after 43 years of exemplary service|url=https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/bar-news/news/tan-sri-siti-norma-retires-tomorrow-after-43-years-of-exemplary-service|access-date=2020-10-17|website=The Malaysian Bar|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017013246/https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/bar-news/news/tan-sri-siti-norma-retires-tomorrow-after-43-years-of-exemplary-service|url-status=live}}
• 1941 – David Crystal, British linguist, author, and academic
• 1941 – Reinhard Roder, German footballer and manager
• 1942 – Ian Leslie, Indonesian-Australian journalist and television host{{cite web|url=http://www.clanleslie.org/page29.php|title=Ian Leslie OAM - Corporate Communicator & National identity|date=2018-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531060437/https://www.clanleslie.org/page29.php|archive-date=2019-05-31|url-status=usurped|publisher=Clan Leslie Society of Australia and New Zealand|access-date=2023-07-11}}
• 1943 – Tamara Sinyavskaya, Russian soprano
• 1944 – Gunhild Hoffmeister, German runner
• 1945 – Burt Ward, American actor{{cite web |last1=Jayson |first1=Jay |title=Happy Birthday! Burt Ward Turns 71 Years Old |url=https://comicbook.com/dc/news/happy-birthday-burt-ward-turns-71-years-old/ |publisher=ComicBook.com |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=6 July 2016}}
• 1946 – George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States{{cite news |last1=Ahles |first1=Dick |title=Bush's Birthplace? It's Deep in the Heart of . . . New Haven |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/24/nyregion/bush-s-birthplace-it-s-deep-in-the-heart-of-new-haven.html |access-date=1 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 December 2000 |archive-date=26 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026120450/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/24/nyregion/bush-s-birthplace-it-s-deep-in-the-heart-of-new-haven.html |url-status=live }}
• 1946 – Fred Dryer, American football player and actor
• 1946 – Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic
• 1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 – Roy Señeres, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2016)
• 1948 – Nathalie Baye, French actress
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Canadian academic and politician, 26th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
• 1948 – Brad Park, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
• 1949 – Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1995)
• 1949 – Michael Shrieve, American composer, drummer, and percussionist
• 1950 – John Byrne, English-American author and illustrator
• 1951 – Lorna Golding, Former First Lady of Jamaica
• 1951 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
• 1951 – Rick Sternbach, American illustrator and concept designer{{cite web|title=Sternbach, Rick|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 3, 2023|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sternbach_rick}}
• 1952 – Hilary Mantel, English author and critic (d. 2022){{cite news |title=Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/hilary-mantel-author-wolf-hall-dies |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 September 2022 |first1=Lucy |last1=Knight |date=23 September 2022}}
• 1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1953 – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Robert Ménard, French politician and former journalist
• 1954 – Allyce Beasley, American actress
• 1954 – Willie Randolph, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 – Phil Mallow, American politician{{Cite web |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/house/lawmaker.cfm?member=Delegate%20Mallow |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.wvlegislature.gov |title=West Virginia House of Delegates }}
• 1958 – Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedian and screenwriter{{cite book|author1=Roger Wilmut|author2=Peter Rosengard|title=Didn't You Kill My Mother-in-law?: The Story of Alternative Comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Live|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrQqAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Methuen|isbn=978-0-413-17390-4|page=74|access-date=2021-07-06|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190948/https://books.google.com/books?id=mrQqAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
• 1959 – Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
• 1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development
• 1962 – Todd Bennett, English runner and coach (d. 2013){{cite news |last1=Rawling |first1=John |title=Todd Bennett obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/18/todd-bennett |access-date=24 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=18 Jul 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024014400/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/18/todd-bennett |url-status=live }}
• 1962 – Peter Hedges, American author, screenwriter, and director{{Cite web |title=Peter Hedges – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/peter-hedges-391493 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=www.ibdb.com}}
• 1964 – Thierry Warmoes, politician{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Marco Van Hees |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=06701&lactivity=55 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=9 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}
• 1967 – Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 – Inspectah Deck, American rapper and producer
• 1972 – Daniel Andrews, Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria
• 1972 – Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
• 1972 – Greg Norton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Zhanna Pintusevich-Block, Ukrainian sprinter
• 1974 – Harashima, Japanese professional wrestler{{Cite web |title=HARASHIMA |url=https://www.ddtpro.com/wrestlers/180 |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=DDT Pro-Wrestling |language=ja}}
• 1974 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper and actor{{cite web |last1=Centeno |first1=Tony M. |title=July 6 In Hip-Hop History: 50 Cent Is Born |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-07-06-july-6-in-hip-hop-history-50-cent-is-born/ |publisher=iHeartMedia |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=6 July 2022}}
• 1975 – Sebastián Rulli, Argentine-Mexican actor and model
• 1975 – Amir-Abbas Fakhravar, Iranian journalist and activist
• 1975 – Kristian Woolf, Australian rugby league player and coach{{cite web|title=Kristian Woolf - Summary - Rugby League Project|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/kristian-woolf/summary.html|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
• 1976 – Rory Delap, English-Irish footballer
• 1976 – Ioana Dumitriu, Romanian-American mathematician and academic
• 1977 – Max Mirnyi, Belarusian tennis player
• 1977 – Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
• 1978 – Adam Busch, American actor, director, and producer
• 1978 – Tamera Mowry, American actress and producer
• 1978 – Tia Mowry, American actress and producer
• 1978 – Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Nic Cester, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1980 – Pau Gasol, Spanish basketball player{{cite web |title=Pau Gasol Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gasolpa01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 4, 2024}}
• 1980 – Eva Green, French actress and model{{cite news |author=Godard, Agathe |title = Marlène et ses filles |work=Paris Match |date = 29 August 1988 |language=fr}}
• 1980 – Joell Ortiz, American rapper
• 1981 – Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
• 1981 – Roman Shirokov, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Brandon Jacobs, American football player
• 1982 – Misty Upham, American actress (d. 2014){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA349|date=30 April 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7666-4|pages=349|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803223802/https://books.google.com/books?id=11diCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA349|url-status=live}}
• 1983 – Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
• 1985 – Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Ranveer-Singh/1028316-Profile.aspx |title=Ranveer Singh: Celeb Bio|work=Hindustan Times |date=18 March 2013 |access-date=19 December 2013|publisher=HT Media Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224201603/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/Ranveer-Singh/1028316-Profile.aspx|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=dead}}
• 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
• 1987 – Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
• 1987 – Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1987 – Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/models/ctrentini/carolinetrentini/ |title=Caroline Trentini |publisher=nymag.com |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831020834/http://nymag.com/fashion/models/ctrentini/carolinetrentini/ |url-status=live }}
• 1988 – Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
• 1990 – Jae Crowder, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jae Crowder Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/crowdja01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 4, 2024}}
• 1990 – Magaye Gueye, French footballer
• 1990 – Jamal Idris, Australian rugby league player{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jamal-idris/summary.html|title=Jamal Idris – Career Stats & Summary|publisher=Rugby League Project|access-date=28 April 2023}}
• 1990 – Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Justin Schultz |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/18241/justin-schultz |publisher=Elite Prospects |access-date=February 27, 2023}}
• 1992 – Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player{{Cite web |title=Na-Lae Han {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315159/na-lae-han |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}
• 1992 – Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player{{cite book|author=Tammy Gagne|title=Manny Machado|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-OXBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61228-513-9|pages=4|access-date=2019-09-10|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804144614/https://books.google.com/books?id=A-OXBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}
• 1994 – Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Andrew Benintendi Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie ... |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beninan01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 4, 2024}}
• 1995 – Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer{{cite tweet |last1=Ahgren |first1=Ludwig |number=1412551672841216000 |user=LudwigAhgren |title=26 |date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706231906/https://twitter.com/LudwigAhgren/status/1412551672841216000 |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |url-status=live |link=https://twitter.com/LudwigAhgren/status/1412551672841216000 |language=en}}
• 1998 – Comethazine, American rapper{{cite web |title=Comethazine |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/comethazine/1142748709 |website=Apple Music |access-date=July 4, 2024}}
• 2000 – Zion Williamson, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Zion Williamson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629627/zion-williamson |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 July 2023}}

• 371 BC – Cleombrotus I, Spartan king
• 649 – Goar of Aquitaine, French bishop
• 887 – Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
• 918 – William I, duke of Aquitaine (b. 875)
• 1017 – Genshin, Japanese scholar (b. 942)
• 1070 – Godelieve, Flemish saint (b. 1049)
• 1189 – Henry II, king of England (b. 1133){{cite web |title=BBC - History - Henry II |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_ii_king.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=8 July 2022}}
• 1218 – Odo III, duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
• 1249 – Alexander II, king of Scotland (b. 1198)
• 1415 – Jan Hus, Czech priest, philosopher, and reformer (b. 1369)
• 1476 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician and astrologer (b. 1436)
• 1480 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
• 1533 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet and playwright (b. 1474)
• 1535 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1478)
• 1553 – Edward VI, king of England and Ireland (b. 1537)
• 1583 – Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
• 1585 – Thomas Aufield, English priest and martyr (b. 1552)

• 1614 – Man Singh I, Rajput Raja of Amer (b. 1550)
• 1684 – Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
• 1758 – George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (b. 1725)
• 1768 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (b. 1690)
• 1802 – Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (b. 1736)
• 1809 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (b. 1775)
• 1813 – Granville Sharp, English activist (b. 1735)
• 1815 – Samuel Whitbread, English politician (b. 1764){{cite book |last1=Thorne |first1=R. G. |title=The House of Commons |date=1986 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-52101-0 |page=528 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&pg=RA4-PA528 |language=en |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=2022-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155950/https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&pg=RA4-PA528 |url-status=live }}
• 1835 – John Marshall, American captain and politician, 4th United States Secretary of State (b. 1755)
• 1854 – Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1789)
• 1868 – Harada Sanosuke, Japanese captain (b. 1840)
• 1893 – Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)

• 1901 – Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 – Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1914 – Georges Legagneux, French aviator (b. 1882) [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65555996/f14.image.r=Georges%20Legagneux%201882%201914?rk=300430;4 "Mort de Legagneux"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155952/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65555996/f14.image.r=Georges%20Legagneux%201882%201914?rk=300430%3B4 |date=2022-07-07 }} La Revue Aérienne (July 25, 1914, p.400) via BnF; retrieved April 7, 2021
• 1916 – Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 – Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 – Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1946 – Horace Pippin, American painter (b. 1888)
• 1947 – Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (b. 1862)
• 1952 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 1954 – Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (b. 1866){{Cite ODNB |id=36195 |title=Sorabji, Cornelia}}
• 1959 – George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1960 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 1961 – Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
• 1961 – Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
• 1962 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1962 – Joseph August, archduke of Austria (b. 1872)
• 1963 – George, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1899)
• 1964 – Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (b. 1906)
• 1966 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (b. 1892)
• 1967 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (b. 1902)
• 1971 – Louis Armstrong, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1901)
• 1973 – Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1975 – Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (b. 1887)
• 1977 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
• 1978 – Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
• 1979 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 1986 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
• 1987 – Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (b. 1903){{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Elli Stenberg |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911534&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224021002/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911534&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=24 February 2015 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
• 1989 – János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
• 1992 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
• 1994 – Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
• 2002 – John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
• 2010 – Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (b. 1985){{cite news|title=Aussie cyclist killed on Italian training ride|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-07/aussie-cyclist-killed-on-italian-training-ride/2785284|publisher=ABC News|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=6 July 2011|access-date=27 December 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030153520/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-07/aussie-cyclist-killed-on-italian-training-ride/2785284|archive-date=30 October 2016}}
• 2012 – Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (b. 1937)
• 2018 – Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (b. 1955){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43395483|title=Aum Shinrikyo: Japan executes cult leader Shoko Asahara|work=BBC News|date=July 6, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708174846/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43395483|url-status=live}}
• 2019 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (b. 1931){{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48894651|title='Father of bossa nova' João Gilberto dies aged 88|work=BBC News|date=July 7, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707215417/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48894651|url-status=live}}
• 2020 – Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (b. 1936){{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/06/charlie-daniels-country-music-dies/5384087002/|title=Charlie Daniels, 'Devil Went Down to Georgia' singer, famed fiddler and outspoken star, dies at 83|first=Dave Paulson and Matthew|last=Leimkuehler|website=The Tennessean|access-date=2020-07-06|archive-date=2022-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155951/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/07/06/charlie-daniels-country-music-dies/5384087002/|url-status=live}}
• 2020 – Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (b. 1962){{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mary-kay-letourneau-teacher-who-raped-and-married-student-dies-at-58/2020/07/08/caf4d138-c11f-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html|title=Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher who raped and married student, dies at 58|first=Staff Reports and News|last=Services|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2020-11-03|archive-date=2020-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001151818/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mary-kay-letourneau-teacher-who-raped-and-married-student-dies-at-58/2020/07/08/caf4d138-c11f-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html|url-status=live}}
• 2020 – Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (b. 1928){{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/ennio_morricone_morto_roma_oggi_6_luglio_2020_musica_c_era_una_volta_in_america-5330102.html|title=Ennio Morricone morto nella notte a Roma: aveva 91 anni, si era rotto il femore. Celebrati funerali privati con famiglia e Tornatore|website=www.ilmessaggero.it|date=July 6, 2020|access-date=July 6, 2020|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706124026/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/ennio_morricone_morto_roma_oggi_6_luglio_2020_musica_c_era_una_volta_in_america-5330102.html|url-status=live}}
• 2022 – James Caan, American actor (b. 1940){{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/07/the-godfather-star-james-caan-dies-aged-82 | title=The Godfather star James Caan dies aged 82 | website=TheGuardian.com | date=7 July 2022 }}
• 2022 – Arnaldo Pambianco, Italian former professional road racing cyclist (b. 1935){{Cite web|url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/06-07-2022/morto-angelo-pambianco-giro-italia-1961-4401297560354.shtml|title=Il ciclismo piange Pambianco: trionfò al Giro d'Italia 1961|website=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=July 6, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|language=it|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706134336/https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/06-07-2022/morto-angelo-pambianco-giro-italia-1961-4401297560354.shtml|url-status=live}}
• 2022 – Norah Vincent, American writer (b. 1968){{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Penelope |title=Norah Vincent, Who Chronicled Passing as a Man, Is Dead at 53 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/obituaries/norah-vincent-dead.html |access-date=19 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=18 August 2022}}
• 2024 – Khyree Jackson, American football player (b. 1999){{Cite web |last=Sterling |first=Wayne |date=2024-07-06 |title=Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and 2 former Maryland high school teammates killed in 3-car crash |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/06/sport/minnesota-vikings-khyree-jackson-killed-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=CNN |language=en}}

• The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
• Christian feast day:
• Maria Goretti
• Romulus of Fiesole
• July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)
• Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)
• Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
• Independence Day (Malawi), celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.
• International Kissing Day (informally observed){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/07/national-kissing-day/|title=International Kissing Day!|first=Sheril|last=Kirshenbaum|magazine=Wired|date=July 6, 2011|via=www.wired.com|access-date=July 11, 2019|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611203122/https://www.wired.com/2011/07/national-kissing-day/|url-status=live}}
• Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
• Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
• Statehood Day (Lithuania)
• Teachers' Day (Peru)

• The Sixth of July, a Soviet drama film

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• {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/6 |title=Historical Events on July 6 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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