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2021

Mary Simon is appointed Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

2020

Patrick Mahomes, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, signs the largest contract in professional sports history: 12 years and $503 million (US).

2016

The mobile game Pokémon Go is launched by Niantic.

2013

73 oil-filled railcars derail in Lac-Mégantic and catch fire. 47 people die and more than 30 buildings are destroyed.

1994

The film “Forrest Gump,” directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise, is released. It won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1995.

1957

John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time. Three years later, they form the band The Beatles.

1947

The AK-47 assault rifle is produced for the first time in the Soviet Union.

1933

The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is held in Chicago. The American League defeats the National League 4–2.

1912

The 5th Summer Olympic Games begin in Stockholm, Sweden.

1885

Louis Pasteur successfully tests his rabies vaccine on a human subject.

It happened on… July 6

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