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Notable anniversaries in history for today: July 6
- 100th: 1924 - Inventor and radio pioneer William Stevenson sends the first photo across the Atlantic by radio, from New York to England.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Robert M White; pilot (X-15).
- 100th: 1924 - In Johnstown, Colorado, USA, a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground.
- 80th: 1944 - In Hartford, Connecticut, USA, the world's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's Barnum and Bailey Circus, killing 167 people and injuring 682.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Allyce Beasley in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Agnes Dipesto - Moonlighting).
- 60th: 1964 - The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night premieres in London, England.
- 60th: 1964 - Nyasaland, renamed Malawi, gains independence from Britain.
- 40th: 1984 - Warner Communications sells off the home video game and computer systems business of Atari to Jack Tramiel for US$240 million in long-term loans. Warner has the option to purchase up to 32 percent interest in the new company for US$2 per share.
- 30th: 1994 - Fourteen firefighters die in the South Canyon wildfire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Cameron Mitchell at age 75 of lung cancer; actor (Buck Cannon - High Chaparral TV show, Black Beauty, Dream West, How the West Was Won).
- 30th: 1994 - Paramount releases the film Forrest Gump to theaters.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Austrian President, Thomas Kleistl (born 1932). Kleistl died in office two days before the end of his term of office. He had been president since 1992. He had been the Austrian ambasador to the United Nations (1978) and the Ambasador to the USA (1982).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Syreeta Wright of bone cancer at age 58; soul singer-songwriter, secretary at Motown Records, spouse of Stevie Wonder.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Robert Strange McNamara at age 93; Ford Motor Co (1946-), Air Force Office of Statistical Control (1943-45), U.S. Secretary of Defence (1961-68) during the Vietnam War, President of the World Bank (1968-81), author (In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam).
- 5th: 2019 - Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fires Murat Cetinkaya, head of the central bank.
- 5th: 2019 - Death of João Gilberto at age 88 (born 1931); Brazilian bossa nova singer-songwriter and guitarist ("The Girl from Ipanema" song, "Chega de Saudade" ("No More Blues") song).
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