On This Day for July 6 - Anne Frank forced into hiding, John Paul Jones is featured, and more

Created: 2020-07-06 10:03 Updated: 2020-07-06 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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July 06

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

John Paul Jones

FEATURED EVENT

1942

Anne Frank forced into hiding

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2002: American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus to win her first Wimbledon singles title. [Test your knowledge of tennis.]

2002: John Frankenheimer—who was considered one of the most creatively gifted directors of the 1950s and '60s, especially noted for such classic movies as The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)—died in Los Angeles. [How well do you know the history of cinema?]

1964: Nyasaland broke from British rule and became the independent country of Malawi within the Commonwealth of Nations. [ Sort fact from fiction in our Africa quiz.]

1957: Paul McCartney met John Lennon for the first time, at a church event in Liverpool, England, where the latter's band was performing; the duo would later form the Beatles, perhaps the most influential band in history. [How much do you know about the Fab Four? ]

1957: With her defeat of Darlene Hard, American Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon singles championship. [Take our quiz about Wimbledon.]

1946: Businessman and politician George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president of the United States, was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about U.S. presidents.]

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1946

Sylvester Stallone
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1946

George W. Bush
president of United States

1907

Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter

1921

Nancy Reagan
American first lady

1935

14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk