General Events and Observations of July 6

1189: King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
1218: Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249: King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
1415: Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b. 1369)
1476: Regiomantus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
1480: Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
1533: Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
1535: Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
1553: King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
1583: Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury
1585: Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
1684: Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1758: George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1762: Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
1768: Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (b. 1690)
1802: Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politicia
1809: Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1
1813: Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1835: John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
1854: Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
1868: Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
1893: Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
1901: Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of
1902: St. Maria Goretti, Italian saint (b. 1890)
1907: August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theol
1916: Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
1922: Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b.
1932: Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
1950: Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)
1952: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b.
1960: Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
1961: Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)
1961: Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
1962: Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (
1962: Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenbur
1962: William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1966: Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
1971: Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)
1972: Brandon De Wilde, American actor (b. 1942)
1973: Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1885)
1975: Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (b. 1908)
1975: Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
1976: Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
1979: Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter an
1982: Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1986: Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
1989: János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
1991: Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1992: Buddy Rogers, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
1994: Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
1995: Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
1996: Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1998: Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
1999: Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
1999: Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
1999: Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
2002: Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2002: John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003: Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
2004: Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2004: Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
2005: Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
2005: Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
2005: Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
2005: L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005: Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2006: Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2006: Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914

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