July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years), with 178 days remaining.

• 1934 — Ali Asghar Borujerdi died.
• 1937 — Heinrich Pommerenke is born.
• 1953 — Peter Dupas is born.
• 1975 — Gilberto Ventura Ceballos is born.
• 1985 — Charles Ng is apprehended.
• 1991 — Muthukutty Chandran died.
• 1999 — Gary Heidnik died.
• 2004 — Alexander Greba is apprehended.
• 2007 — Robert Frederick Carr died.
• 2009 — Patrick Tracy Burris is apprehended.
• 2009 — Patrick Tracy Burris died.
• 2010 — Esa Åkerlund is apprehended.
• 2020 — Andrey Yezhov died.
• 2022 — Paul David Crews died.
• 2023 — Bryant Rivera is apprehended.
• 2023 — Jesse Lee Calhoun is apprehended.