Historical
events that took place on the 6th of July
1944:
170 people were killed in a fire accident at a Circus in Hartford,
Connecticut (USA)
1961:
300 people were killed after a Portuguese ship exploded near Mozambique
1964:
Malawi declared its independence from the United Kingdom
1966:
Malawi became a republic
1967: Nigerian forces invaded as
the Biafra War became intense
1975:
Comoros announced its independence from France
1983:
Supreme Court ruled that women shouldn’t be paid less on retirement
1987:
The U.S.S.R. performed a nuclear test
1988:
Carlos Salinas Gortari was elected as the president of Mexico
2003:
Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis at the Wimbledon Men's Finals
2005:
London was declared the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games
2010:
Linda Lingle, the Former Governor of Hawaii refused a bill to allow same-sex
civil unions
2011: Pyeongchang, South Korea
was declared the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics
2014: Recreational marijuana was
legalized in the U.S State of Washington
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