Es passierte an einem 06 July

1809 : French victory at Wagram


On July 6, 1809, French forces won a decisive victory over the Austrian army at Wagram, north of Vienna. French troops had more than 200,000 men and Austrian forces near 160,000. 70,000 soldiers were killed in battle, in just two days.

1885 : Pasteur administered his vaccine against rabies


On July 6, 1885, Pasteur administered his first vaccine against rabies in a human, a 9-year old boy, Joseph Meister, bitten by a rabid dog two days earlier. The boy did not develop the disease.

1942 : The Frank family took refuge in a warehouse


On July 6, 1942, the Frank family took refuge in the company of the father with other people. The younger daughter, Anne, kept a diary of that period which lasted two years until their arrest and the arrest of some of those who hid them. Anne Frank died in 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp . Her diary was published after the war and is still today a major work, read in many countries around the world.

1967 : Biafra attacked by Nigeria


On July 6, 1967, Nigeria attacked the Biafra province which had declared its independence five weeks earlier. Nigerian forces quickly took advantage and Biafra lost its oil fields. Biafra no longer being able to import food, 1 million of its people died of malnutrition.

2005 : London won the Olympic Games


On July 6, 2005, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2012 Olympic Games to London.

Tagesaktualität : 06 July

Independance Day in the Comoros
July 6 is the Independence Day in the Comoros commemorating the independence of the country gained against France in 1975.
Independance Day in Malawi
July 6 is Independence Day in Malawi, which commemorates the independence of the country gained against the UK in 1964.
Start the festival of San Fermin
July 6, marks the beginning of the festival of San Fermín in Pamplona (Iruña) in Navarre. This festival runs until 14 July and 3 million people attend.
The festivities are immutable and begin on July 6 at the City Hall by a sentence of opening and the launch of the first firecracker. At this point, everyone attaches a red scarf and prepares to celebrate : processions, bull running, bullfight...

Zitat des Tages : 06 July

Anne Frank
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Geburtstage : 06 July

Nicholas I, Emperor of All the Russias (1796)
Marc Bloch, French historian (1886)
Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (1887)
Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1903)
Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (1907)
Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (1912)
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish politician (1923)
Bill Haley, American singer (1925)
Janet Leigh, American actress (1927)
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize (1935)
Ned Beatty, American actor (1937)
Nursultan Nazarbayev, 1st President of Kazakhstan (1940)
Fred Dryer, American football player and actor (1946)
Sylvester Stallone, American actor and director (1946)
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States (1946)
Nathalie Baye, French actress (1948)
Jennifer Saunders, English actress (1958)
Isabelle Boulay, Canadian singer (1972)
Curtis James Jackson III (50 Cent), American rapper (1975)
Caroline Trentini, Brazilian fashion model (1987)

Sie haben uns verlassen 06 July

Thomas More, English politician, philosopher and humanist (1535)
Antoine Lasalle, French general (1809)
Guy de Maupassant, French writer (1893)
Odilon Redon, French painter (1916)
William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)
Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (1971)
Otto Klemperer, German conductor (1973)
Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (1986)
János Kádár, Hungarian politician (1989)
Roy Rogers, American actor (1998)
John Frankenheimer, American director (2002)
Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (2005)
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American novelist (2007)

Tipp des Tages : 06 July

Unmold a pie


To unmold a pie or cake easily, before putting the pastry into the mold, just after having buttered it, sprinkle lightly with flour.

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