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July 6th, 2006	Event	The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
July 6th, 2003	Event	The 70-meter Eupatoria Planetary Radar sends a METI message Cosmic Call 2 to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri, HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris that will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
July 6th, 1999	Event	U.S. Army private Barry Winchell dies from baseball-bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with transgendered showgirl and former Navy combat medic, Calpernia Addams.
July 6th, 1998	Event	Hong Kong s Kai Tak Airport is closed and the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok becomes operational.
July 6th, 1989	Event	The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers were killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff.
July 6th, 1988	Event	The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. 167 oil workers are killed, making it the world s worst offshore oil disaster.
July 6th, 1986	Event	Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
July 6th, 1978	Event	The Taunton sleeping car fire occurred in Taunton, Somerset killing twelve people.
July 6th, 1975	Event	The Comoros declare independence from France.
July 6th, 1967	Event	Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.

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