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July 6

3 sourced moments from July 6 in history: Thomas More was beheaded in 1535; his head is in Canterbury; Joseph Meister, 9, was the first person saved by rabies vaccine (1885); and John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time (1957).

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3 things happened on July 6

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1957 Culture & Arts · Music

John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time

A suburban church fete in Liverpool quietly hosted the most consequential introduction in pop music history.

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1885 Human Body & Mind · Medicine & Disease

Joseph Meister, 9, was the first person saved by rabies vaccine

On 6 July 1885 Pasteur's team began injecting a boy bitten by a rabid dog. He lived, but he was not the first they had tried.

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1535 History · Medieval

Thomas More was beheaded in 1535; his head is in Canterbury

Henry VIII's former Lord Chancellor died on Tower Hill for refusing the royal supremacy. His daughter rescued his head, and it is still in a Canterbury vault.

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