| General Information for July 6th 2017 |
| There are 6 public holidays today. |
| Day 187 of 2017 |
| 178 days left in 2017 |
| Week 27 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1942 - My Gal Sal, one of the B-17 Flying Fortresses is rescued. |
| 1935 - Birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso. |
| 1917 - During World War I, Arabian troops led by Lawrence of Arabia and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Turks. |
| 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. |