6thו׳TammuzתמוזAM 0000ה׳תשפ״ו

Cossack forces massacred יהודים YEHUDIM in Tulchyn after its Polish defenders handed them over.

Tulchyn · Europe

Birth of אבשלום חביב AVŜALOM ḪAVIV.

חיפה Haifa · ארץ ישראל Ereẓ Yisraʾel

American forces completed the capture of Cherbourg.

Cherbourg

Day 227 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

ארץ ישראל Ereẓ Yisraʾel

Day 582 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in the United States.

Birth of רמי פורטיס RAMI FORTIS.

תל אביב Tel Aviv · ארץ ישראל Ereẓ Yisraʾel

Otto Klemperer passed away.

The hostages of the Air France hijacking at Entebbe were rescued in Operation Yonatan.

A death report counted five known יהודים YEHUDIM remaining in Cairo.

Cairo · Arab Republic of EgyptTimenight

According to Ostroh tradition, ו׳ בתמוז 6th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz was a communal fast.

עברית IVRIT date of the raid at Entebbe.