July 6

July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by July 5, and succeeded by July 7. Following July 6, there are 178 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"As many passions of the soul, so many fierce and savage despots."

Events

• 1907 – Annie Besant was elected international President of the Theosophical Society. She was reelected this day in 1914, 1921, and 1928.

Births

• 1847 – Katherine Tingley, President of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society. (d. 1929)
• 1856 – T. Subba Row, brilliant Advaita Vedantist and lawyer, early member of the Theosophical Society. (d. June 24, 1890)

Deaths

• 1842 – Helena Andreevna Hahn, mother of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and well-known Russian writer, at the age of 28 of galloping consumption (b. 1814).

Holidays and observances

• None listed for this date.

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia