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Keir Starmer The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election and Keir Starmer (pictured) becomes prime minister. Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, leaves at least 12 people dead in the Caribbean and Venezuela. In the Netherlands, a new cabinet is sworn in, with Dick Schoof serving as the prime minister. A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 120 people dead. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Audrey Flack Ismail Kadare Hugh Aldons R. Sampanthan Lalla Latifa Amahzoune Lando Bartolini
On this day...
July 6: Jadranka Kosor 1614 – The Ottoman Empire made a final attempt to conquer the island of Malta, but were repulsed by the Knights Hospitaller. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American troops at Fort Ticonderoga in New York completed a retreat from advancing British forces, causing an uproar among the American public. 1809 – Napoleon's French forces defeated Archduke Charles' Austrian army at the Battle of Wagram, the decisive confrontation of the War of the Fifth Coalition. 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet (90 m) into the River Irwell. 2009 – Jadranka Kosor (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Croatia. Goar of Aquitaine (d. 649) William Jackson Hooker (b. 1785) Sophie Blanchard (d. 1819) Barry Winchell (d. 1999) More anniversaries: July 5 July 6 July 7