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Solar Active Region 1515 released an X1.1 class flare on July 6, 2012
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/



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The Ludi Apollinares were solemn games held annually by the ancient Romans in honour of the god Apollo. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludi_Apollinares

International Kissing Day takes place on 6 July. 
http://www.national-awareness-days.com/international-kissing-day.html



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The Story Bridge spanning the Brisbane River was opened on 6 July 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_Bridge#Naming



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The Piper Alpha North Sea oil production platform was destroyed on July 6, 1988
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43749227/piper-alpha-disaster/

Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted on 6 July 1962 as part of Operation Plowshare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storax_Sedan

The Battle of Leuctra (or Leuktra) was a battle fought on July 6, 371 BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuctra

The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on 6 July 1685 at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset, England. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedgemoor

The Fortress of Mimoyecques was partly destroyed on 6 July 1944 by No. 617 Squadron RAF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_Mimoyecques



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Cosmic Call 2 was sent to Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris on July 6, 2003.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43749256/cosmic-call-2/

Soyuz 21 ( 21, Union 21) was a 1976 Soviet manned mission to the Salyut 5 space station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_21



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Major General Robert Michael "Bob" White (July 6, 1924 - March 17, 2010) was a military aircraft test pilot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Michael_White

Mark Raymond Harrington (July 6, 1882 - June 30, 1971) was curator of archaeology at the Southwest Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Raymond_Harrington

The 14th Dalai Lama (born Lhamo Dondrub, 6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama

Nir Joseph Shaviv (July 6, 1972) is an Israeli-American physics professor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nir_Shaviv

Roger Malina (born July 6, 1950) is a physicist, astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Malina

Ernst Arnold Kohlschütter (July 6, 1883 - May 28, 1969) was a German astronomer and astrophysicist from Halle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Kohlsch%C3%BCtter



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NGC 6136 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 6th July 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57997110/ngc-6136/

NGC 6743 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 6th July 1828.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57997102/ngc-6743/

NGC 7026 was discovered by American astronomer Sherbourne Wesley Burnham on the 6th July 1873.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49343138/ngc-7026/



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Nova Normae 1920 was discovered by I. E. Woods on the 6th July 1920.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63226082/im-normae/

Sprites, large-scale electrical discharges, were first photographed on July 6, 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning)

SDO Catches Comet Streaking by Sun: July 6th, 2011.

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Extrasolar planet 14 Herculis b was discovered in the constellation of Hercules in July 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_Herculis_b

Massive jovian planet HD 43691 b was discovered on the 6th July 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_43691_b

Lysithea, a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter, was discovered on the 6th July 1938
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysithea_%28moon%29

Comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess) was discovered by Carl Clarence Kiess on July 6, 1911
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57995835/comet-c1911-n1-kiess/

The Great Comet of 1861 was independently discovered by David Livingston on July 6.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35844996/the-great-comet-of-1861/

Mediterranean Sea bolide of July 6th 2002
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54271830/mediterranean-sea-bolide-060702/



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Meteorites

The Johnstown (Diogenite) meteorite fell in Colorado, USA, on the 6th July 1924.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43749291/johnstown-meteorite/ #Anniversary

The Geidam (H5 Chondrite) meteorite fell in Yobe, Nigeria, on the 6th July 1950.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43749277/geidam-meteorite/

The Cali meteorite fall occurred on 6 July 2007 at 21h33m±1m UTC.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12797669/cali-meteorite/



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