1905<\/strong> – Fingerprints were exchanged for the first time between officials in Europe and the U.S. The person in question was John Walker.<\/p>\n 1917<\/strong> – During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.<\/p>\n 1919<\/strong> – A British dirigible landed in New York at Roosevelt Field. It completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.<\/p>\n 1923<\/strong> – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.<\/p>\n 1928<\/strong> – “The Lights of New York” was previewed in New York’s Strand Theatre. It was the first all-talking movie.<\/p>\n 1932<\/strong> – The postage rate for first class mail in the U.S. went from 2-cents to 3-cents.<\/p>\n 1933<\/strong> – The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago. The American League beat the National League 4-2.<\/p>\n 1942<\/strong> – Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – U.S. President Truman signed an order creating the Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n 1945<\/strong> – Nicaragua became the first nation to formally accept the United Nations Charter.<\/p>\n 1947<\/strong> – “Candid Microphone” began airing on ABC radio.<\/p>\n 1948<\/strong> – Frieda Hennok became the first woman to serve as the commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission.<\/p>\n 1957<\/strong> – Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon women\u2019s singles tennis title. She was the first black athlete to win the event.<\/p>\n 1966<\/strong> – Malawi became a republic within the Commonwealth with Dr. Hastings Banda as its first president.<\/p>\n 1967<\/strong> – The Biafran War erupted. The war lasted two-and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.<\/p>\n 1981<\/strong> – Former President of Argentina Isabel Peron was freed after five years of house arrest by a federal court.<\/p>\n 1981<\/strong> – The Dupont Company announced an agreement to purchase Conoco, Inc. (Continental Oil Co.) for $7 billion. At the time it was the largest merger in corporate history.<\/p>\n 1983<\/strong> – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that retirement plans could not pay women smaller monthly payments solely because of their gender.<\/p>\n 1983<\/strong> – Fred Lynn (California Angels) hit the first grand slam in an All-Star game. The American League defeated the National League 13-3.<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong> – Martina Navratilova won her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title.<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong> – The submarine Nautilus<\/i> arrived in Groton, Connecticut. The vessel had been towed from Mare Island Naval Shipyard.<\/p>\n 1988<\/strong> – Several popular beaches were closed in New York City due to medical waste and other debris began washing up on the seashores.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong> – The U.S. Army destroyed its last Pershing 1-A missiles at an ammunition plant in Karnack, TX. The dismantling was under the terms of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.<\/p>\n 1996<\/strong> – Steffi Graf won her seventh Wimbledon title.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – The Mars Pathfinder<\/i> released Sojourner<\/i>, a robot rover on the surface of Mars. The spacecraft landed on the red planet on July 4th.<\/p>\n 1997<\/strong> – In Cambodia, Second Prime Minister Hun Sen ousted First Prime Minister Norodom Ranariddh and claimed to have the capital under his control.<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – Protestants rioted in many parts of Northern Ireland after British authorities blocked an Orange Order march in Portadown.<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – A jury awarded former NHL player Tony Twist $24 million for the unauthorized use of his name in the comic book Spawn and the HBO cartoon series. Co-defendant HBO settled with Twist out of court for an undisclosed amount.<\/p>\n 2003<\/strong> \u2013 The 70-meter Yevpatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive at these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049, respectively.<\/p>\n 2006<\/strong> \u2013 The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.<\/p>\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-M\u00e9gantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town’s central area.<\/p>\n History of 6 July 1905 – Fingerprints were exchanged for the first time between officials in Europe and the U.S. The person in question was John Walker. 1917 – During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. 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