July 6 birthdays & history

Famous people born on July 6

• 1946George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
• 1907Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator
• 1935Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
• 1946Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 197550 Cent, American rapper and actor
• 1921Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States
• 1887Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet
• 1980Eva Green, French actress and model
• 1951Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor and producer
• 1946Peter Singer, Australian philosopher and academic

What happened on July 6

• 1483The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III, was crowned King of England.
• 1854The Republican Party of the United States held its first convention in Jackson, Michigan.
• 1887David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 1936A 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.
• 1940The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland.
• 1957Althea Gibson wins at the Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• 1957John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
• 1962The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
• 1964Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1966Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
• 1971After 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.
• 2009Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.

Also observed on July 6

• The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)
• 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)