Monday, Jul 6, 2026
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1997 - A major wildfire burns approximately 40 percent of Seich Sou, a forest just north of Thessaloniki, also posing a significant threat to several areas in the city.
1998 - The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opens.
1998 - Death of Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (born 1911).
1999 - Death of Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (born 1938).
1999 - Death of Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (born 1901).
2000 - The American Sportscasters Association vote Vin Scully the Number 1 sportscaster of the 20th century.
2000 - A barge and a tug towing it collide off Middletown, Rhode Island, USA, spilling 53,000 litres of oil in Narragansett Bay.
2002 - Death of Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (born 1932).
2002 - Death of John Frankenheimer, American film director (born 1930).
2004 - Death of Austrian President, Thomas Kleistl (born 1932). Kleistl died in office two days before the end of his term of office. He had been president since 1992. He had been the Austrian ambasador to the United Nations (1978) and the Ambasador to the U. S. A. (1982).