July 6
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[edit] Events
- 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England.
- 1483 - Richard III is crowned King of England.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Ticonderoga: Due to a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies.
- 1947 - The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
[edit] Births
- 1747 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
- 1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
[edit] Deaths
- 1189 - Henry II of England (b. 1133)
- 1535 - Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
- 1962 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Otto Skorzeny, Famous WWII German SS commando (b. 1908)
