Summary of the Day ✨ 6 July (06/07)
On this day, the Georgia Guidestones monument was bombed and subsequently dismantled, while a devastating oil train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec killed at least 47 people and destroyed numerous buildings. Additionally, two separate plane crashes—one in Russia killing all 28 aboard and another in San Francisco killing three and injuring 181—along with a school shooting in Nigeria that claimed at least 42 lives, marked this day with multiple tragedies.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
- 2021: An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.
- 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.
- 2006: The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
- 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.
- 1998: Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city’s international airport.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1995: In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1975: The Comoros declares independence from France.
Famous Births 👶
- 2000: Zion Williamson, American basketball player
- 1998: Comethazine, American rapper
- 1995: Ludwig Ahgren, American YouTuber and live streamer
- 1994: Andrew Benintendi, American baseball player
- 1992: Na-Lae Han, South Korean tennis player
- 1992: Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1990: Jae Crowder, American basketball player
- 1990: Magaye Gueye, French footballer
- 1990: Jamal Idris, Australian rugby league player
- 1990: Justin Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988: Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
- 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
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Khyree Jackson, American football player (born 1999)
- 2022: James Caan, American actor (born 1940)
- 2022: Arnaldo Pambianco, Italian former professional road racing cyclist (born 1935)
- 2022: Norah Vincent, American writer (born 1968)
- 2020: Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (born 1936)
- 2020: Mary Kay Letourneau, American child rapist (born 1962)
- 2020: Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player (born 1928)
- 2019: Cameron Boyce, American actor (born 1999)
- 2019: João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist, pioneer of bossa nova music style (born 1931)
- 2018: Shoko Asahara, founder of Japanese cult group Aum Shinrikyo (born 1955)
- 2015: Jerry Weintraub, American film producer, and talent agent (born 1937)
- 2014: Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (born 1927)
- 2013: Lo Hsing Han, Burmese businessman, co-founded Asia World (born 1935)
- 2012: Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (born 1939)
- 2011: Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (born 1985)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
- Christian feast day:
Maria Goretti - Christian feast day:
Romulus of Fiesole - Christian feast day:
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)
- Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)
- Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
- Statehood Day (Lithuania)
- Teachers’ Day (Peru)