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Louis Pasteur- Jadranka Kosor
Stairs in Nathu La from the Indian side of the border
Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| {{<!--If July 5 was a Sunday-->#ifeq: 7 | {{#time:N|5 July {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} |Tynwald Day (Isle of Man, (2026);}} | no footnotes |
| Jan Hus Day in the Czech Republic; | needs more footnotes |
| 371 BC – Post-Peloponnesian War Conflicts: The Thebans defeated the Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra in Boeotia in the territory of Thespiae, weakening Sparta's influence over the Greek peninsula. | refimprove section |
| 1415 – The Council of Constance executed Jan Hus, founder of the Christian Hussite reform movement, for committing heresy. | Jan Hus needs more footnotes; Hussite has bad external links |
| 1785 – The dollar, a decimal currency system, was unanimously chosen as the money unit for the United States. | a whole lotta maintenance tags |
| 1809 – Napoleon's French forces defeated Archduke Charles' Austrian army at the Battle of Wagram, the decisive confrontation of the War of the Fifth Coalition. | refimprove |
| 1966 – Hastings Banda became the first president of Malawi, exactly two years after the country was granted independence from the United Kingdom. | unreferenced section |
| 1998 – Hong Kong International Airport, built on the man-made island of Chek Lap Kok, opened for commercial operations, becoming one of the world's busiest airports. | unreferenced section |
| 2009 - Jadranka Kosor became the first female Prime Minister of Croatia. | unreferenced section |
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- 1253 – Mindaugas, the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned as King of Lithuania, the only person to ever hold that title.
- 1535 – Thomas More, an opponent of the Protestant Reformation, was executed for treason for refusing to accept Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York retreated from the advancing British forces, causing an uproar in the American public since the fort was widely believed to be virtually impregnable.
- 1885 – French chemists Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux successfully tested their vaccine against rabies on nine-year-old Joseph Meister after he was bitten by an infected dog.
- 1892 – During a steelworkers' strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania, a day-long battle between strikers and Pinkerton agents resulted in ten deaths and dozens of people wounded.
- 1905 – American schoolteacher Katie DeWitt James filed for divorce from her husband, beginning a series of events that would ultimately lead to her unsolved murder and the consequent naming of Dead Women Crossing, Oklahoma.
- 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 ft (91 m) into the River Irwell.
- 1947 – Production of the AK-47, the world's best-selling assault rifle, began.
- 1957 – At a concert by The Quarrymen at the St. Peter's Church Woolton Garden fête, band member John Lennon met Paul McCartney, triggering a series of events that led to the forming of The Beatles.
- 1978 – A sleeping car train at Taunton, England, caught fire, killing 12 people and causing British Rail to install state-of-the art fire prevention measures.
- 1988 – An explosion and resulting fire destroyed Occidental Petroleum's oil platform Piper Alpha in the North Sea, killing 168 people.
- 2006 – Nathu La, a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after more than 40 years.
July 6: Independence Day in Comoros (1975) and Malawi (1964); Statehood Day in Lithuania (1253); the festival of San Fermín begins in Pamplona, Spain
- 1560 – Scotland and England signed the Treaty of Edinburgh to formally conclude the Siege of Leith and replace the Scottish–French Auld Alliance.
- 1887 – King Kalākaua of Hawai'i was forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, stripping the Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority as well as disfranchising all Asians, most native Hawaiians, and the poor.
- 1962 – The United States conducted the Sedan nuclear test (pictured) as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear explosions for civilian purposes.
- 1989 – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attack by hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel.
- 1997 – The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of unrest began in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.