July 6.
1348. Proving that not all Popes of this era were hopeless, Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull seeking to protect Jews who were widely blamed and castigated throughout Europe for causing the Plague, which had recently had a serious outbreak.
1854. The first convention of hte Republican Party is held, in Jackson, Michigan.
1885. Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. A great week for France!
1887. The King of Hawaii is forced, at gunpoint, to sign what will become known as the Bayonet Constitution, establishing a constitutional monarchy in Hawaii and leading in a few short years to the end of Hawaiian independence.
1892. 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day long battle against Pinkerton agents during the Homestead strike. Ten are killed, and dozens wounded. The strike will soon end, with the striking steelworkers defeated and the labor movement set back for years.
1933. The first major league all-star game is played. The AL wins, 4-2.
1942. Anne FRank and her family go into hiding.
1944. Second Lieutenant Frank Robinson -- who will a few years later be famous for breaking MLB's color barrier) refuses to go to the back of the bus, and will be court martialed.
1947. The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. And now you know why it's an AK-47 and not an AK-12 or whatever.
1957. John Lennon mets a fellow named Paul McCartney.