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Monday, July 6, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026 falls on a Monday. It is day 187 of the year, ISO week 28, in Q3.
Today's date
Monday, July 6, 2026 falls on a Monday. It is day 187 of the year, ISO week 28, in Q3.
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July 6, 2026 is day 187 of 365, ISO week 28, in Q3. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Cancer.
Monday, July 6, 2026 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2013: Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to July 6.
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Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.
In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (wreckage pictured) crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths.
Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.
A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree conflict, five days of unrest began in nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
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.
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.
Second World War: After a three-month siege, the Italian garrison of Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to Belgian, British and Ethiopian troops.
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