On This Day — July 6

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on July 6.

• 2022: The Georgia Guidestones, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day.
• 2021: An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing all 28 aboard.
• 2013: At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
• 2013: A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
• 2013: A 73-car oil train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town's central area.

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