📅 July 6 · Richard III of England, First Battle of Algeciras, July Theses, 1989 Tel…
July 6 in history: • 1483 – The last monarch of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty, Richard III, was crowned King of England. → go there • 1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: A Royal Navy squadron failed to eliminate a smaller French Navy squadron at Algeciras before they could join their Spanish allies. → go there • 1971 – After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu (pictured) gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses. → go there • 1989 – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attack by hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel. → go there • 2006 – A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. → go there Born 1782: Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca Wiki link Died 1902: Maria Goretti Wiki link Born 1946: George W. Bush Wiki link Died 1976: Zhu De Wiki link Pictured: Nicolae Ceaușescu.