6 July
What happened today in history?
- 1189 – Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) becomes King of England.
- 1483 – Richard III crowned King of England.
- 1484 – Diogo Cao, a Portuguese captain, discovered the mouth of the Congo River.
- 1535 – Sir Thomas More executed for treason against Henry VIII.
- 1942 – Anne Frank went into hiding in Amsterdam.
- 1988 – The Piper Alpha oil drilling platform exploded killing 167 people.
Who was born today?
- 1935 – 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyastso).
- 1946 – George W. Bush – 43rd President of the United States.
- 1946 – Sylvester Stallone – American actor (Rocky and Rambo)
Who died today?
- 1189 – King Henry II of England.
- 1535 – Thomas More – English writer and philosopher.
- 1553 – King Edward VI of England.
- 1932 – Kenneth Grahame – Scottish author (The Wind in the Willows)
- 1962 – William Faulkner – American writer.
- 1971 – Louis Armstrong – American singer.
