Thursday, July 06, 2023

History for July 6

History for July 6 - On-This-Day.com 
Pat Paulsen (Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen) 1927 - Comedian, satirist
  • 1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention.
  • 1858 - Lyman Blake patented the shoe manufacturing machine.
  • 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute
  • 1917 - During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.
  • 1923 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.
  • 1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.
  • 1967 - The Biafran War erupted. The war lasted two-and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died

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