July 6
This day in history:
- 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
- 1941 – World War II: The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.
- 2013 – A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
- 2022 – The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
Births:
- 1987 – Manteo Mitchell, American runner
- 1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer (died 2017)
- 1972 – Laurent Gaudé, French author and playwright
Deaths:
- 1987 – Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (born 1903)
- 2022 – James Caan, American actor (born 1940)
- 1614 – Man Singh I, Rajput Raja of Amer (born 1550)
Holidays:
- Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
- International Kissing Day (informally observed)
- Statehood Day (Lithuania)
Random Article of the day:
Ottawa Capitals
The Ottawa Capitals were the competing clubs of the Capital Amateur Athletic Association (CAAA) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Association competed in ice hockey, lacrosse and other athletics.
Perhaps best known are the early amateur senior men's ice hockey clubs which played from the 1890s until 1920. The club would challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1897, but abandon its challenge after one game, after it lost 15–2. The Capitals would later precipitate the breakup of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC). The nickname 'Capitals' is sometimes applied to the Ottawa Hockey Club (aka HC/Silver Seven/Generals/Senators), however the two teams were not affiliated.
The Capital Lacrosse Club was also successful, and won the first Minto Cup in 1901. The Capitals lacrosse club was one of the first amateur organizations that gave some of its players small amounts of money, causing a scandal that led to several of their athletes, including Bouse Hutton and Rat Westwick, being banned from amateur play against other organizations that frowned on any dilution of the amateur standard.
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