Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 6
On July 6:
- 1609 - Bohemia was granted freedom of religion.
- 1785 - The dollar was unanimously chosen as the money unit for the United States. This was the first time a nation had adopted a decimal currency system.
- 1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister.
- 1957 - Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.