What happend on 6th July

05.07
07.07
1919

The British dirigible R-34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic by an airship.

1917

World War I: Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks during the Arab Revolt.

1908

Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the North Pole.

1905

Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.

1892

Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.

1887

David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights.

1885

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

1854

In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.

1801

Battle of Algeciras: The French navy defeats the British Royal Navy.

1799

Ranjit Singh's 25,000 men start march towards Lahore.