On this day, we go back to July 6, 1777. It’s the year after the Declaration of Independence was signed, and the war has not been going well for the Americans.

July 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1854, the Republican Party was formally established at a meeting in New York City. In 1885, French bacteriologist Louis Pasteur inoculated a human being ...

Video from July 6, 1985, shows a crashed Q100 drone jet that was recovered by Tyndall and Eglin Air Force Bases.

July 6, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. It prohibited racial segregation in public places and employment discrimination.

On July 5, 1975 Dmitri Shostakovich completed his final composition, the Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147. The great Soviet composer would pass away barely one month later, on August 9, 1975.