On this day: 6 July

Selected events and births on 6 July, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1483 – The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III, was crowned King of England. Read more: House of York House of Plantagenet Richard III of England
• 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet (90 m) into the River Irwell. Read more: Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal River Irwell
• 1940 – The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland. Read more: Story Bridge Brisbane List of longest cantilever bridge spans
• 1971 – After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses. Read more: Nicolae Ceaușescu Neo-Stalinism Socialist realism
• 2009 – Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia. Read more: Jadranka Kosor Prime Minister of Croatia

Born on this day

• 1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan Read more: Nursultan Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan
• 1946 – George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Read more: George W. Bush President of the United States
• 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines Read more: Noli de Castro Vice President of the Philippines
• 1960 – Maria Wasiak, Polish businesswoman and politician, Polish Minister of Infrastructure and Development Read more: Maria Wasiak Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (Poland)
• 1972 – Daniel Andrews, Australian politician, 48th Premier of Victoria Read more: Daniel Andrews Premier of Victoria
• 1986 – David Karp, American businessman, founder of Tumblr Read more: David Karp Tumblr
• 1992 – Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player Read more: Han Na-lae
• 1992 – Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player Read more: Manny Machado
• 1994 – Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player Read more: Andrew Benintendi
• 1995 – Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer Read more: Ludwig Ahgren
• 1998 – Comethazine, American rapper Read more: Comethazine
• 2000 – Zion Williamson, American basketball player Read more: Zion Williamson

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