📜 This Day in History

July 6

• 1483The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III, was crowned King of England.
• 1777American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British forces, causing an uproar among the American public.
• 1916First World War: Russian troops won a victory in the Battle of Kostiuchnówka, with the Polish Legions playing a key role on the Austro-Hungarian side.
• 1941Second World War: After a three-month siege, the Italian garrison of Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to Belgian, British and Ethiopian troops.
• 2006A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2013In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths.

Born on this day

• 1907Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (died 1954)
• 1935Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
• 1946George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States
• 1946Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter