Major events recorded on July 6 from 1919 to 2005

Amsterdam, Netherlands. Several notable events took place on July 6 across the 20th century and early 21st century, ranging from aviation and political developments to the deaths of prominent writers, musicians and actors.

Early historical events

In 1919, the British R-34 became the first airship to cross the Atlantic when it arrived in New York.

In 1942, diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.

Deaths of notable figures

In 1962, U.S. novelist and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner died.

In 1971, jazz musician Louis Armstrong died. His groups, the Hot Five and the Hot Seven, from 1925 to 1927, had a revolutionary impact on jazz.

In 1998, U.S. film actor Roy Rogers, known as “the singing cowboy”, died.

Political and international developments

In 1967, civil war erupted in Nigeria over Biafran independence.

In 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin pleaded for time and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat pleaded for money when they jointly received a United Nations peace prize in Paris.

In 1999, Labour Party leader Ehud Barak was sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister after defeating rightist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by a landslide in the May election.

Later event

In 2005, U.S. President George Bush celebrated his 59th birthday with the Queen of Denmark.