SANDI'S

"BORN ON THE 6TH OF JULY"

BIRTHDAY PAGE

To mark my birthday on the 6th of July, I decided to add a little trivia about what happened in history on the 6th on July and include the names of well-known people who share my birthdate!

When I was a kid, I sort of regretted missing being born on the 4th of July. After all, what kid wouldn't love having their birthday celebrated with fireworks and parades? But, as I grew a little older, I began to appreciate my own special day!

Events which occurred on July 6

1483 England's King Richard III was crowned

1535 Sir Thomas More was executed in England for treason

1687 Newton publishes Principia

1699 Captain William Kidd arrested in Boston

1776 Declaration of Independence was announced on the front page of the Pennsylvania Evening Express

1777 British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans

1785 Congress resolve US currency named dollar & adopts a decimal coinage

1885 First inoculation for rabies of a human being by Louis Pasteur

1894 President Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to surpress Pullman strike

1908 Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for North Pole

1919 British R-34 lands in NY, the first airship to cross the Atlantic--(it took 108 hours!)

1923 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed

1928 First all-talking motion picture is shown--(Lights of New York) NYC

1941 NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gerhig in Yankee Stadium centerfield

1945 Nicaragua becomes the first nation to formally accept the UN Charter

1945 President Truman signs Executive Order establishing the Medal of Freedom

1957 Althea Gibson becomes the first black tennis player to win at Wimbledon

1957 Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri

1959 Alaska becomes the 49th state

1964 Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London

1965 Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms

1983 U.S. Supreme Court rules that retirement plans can't pay women less than men

1991 Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini for Wimbledon championship

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1998 Roy Rogers "King of the Cowboys" dies at age 86

Happy Trails to Roy--we'll all miss him--may he rest in peace.

July 6 Birthdays

1747 John Paul Jones-naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight")

1796 Nicholas I--Russian Tsar (1825-55)

1918 Sebastian Cabot--TV's Mr. French--"Family Affair"

1923 Nancy Reagan--First Lady (1981-89)

1925 Bill Haley (& the Comets--"Rock Around the Clock")

1925 Merv Griffin--Creator of Jeopardy

1927 Janet Leigh--actress--"Psycho"

1927 Pat Paulsen--comedian--perennial U.S. Presidential candidate

1932 Della Reese--singer/actress "Touched by an Angel"

1937 Gene Chandler--singer "Duke of Earl"

1937 Ned Beatty--actor--"Deliverance", "Network"

1945 Burt Ward--actor--Robin in "Batman" TV series

1946 Fred Dryer--NFL player/actor--"Hunter" TV series

1946 Sylvester Stallone actor/director--"Rocky", Rambo

1946 Jamie Wyeth--artist

1949 Shelly Hack--actress--"Charlie's Angels"

1954 Allyce Beasley--actress--"Moonlighting"

Happy Birthday everyone!