Today in History Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2021. There are 178 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 6, 1854, the first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan. On this date: In 1777, during the American Revolution, British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga (ty-kahn-dur-OH’-gah). In 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur tested an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by an infected dog; the boy did not develop rabies. In 1917, during World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence and Auda Abu Tayi captured the port of Aqaba (AH’-kah-buh) from the Ottoman Turks.