George W. Bush is shown climbing the steps to his Texas National Guard fighter plane. He was inducted into the
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2017.

On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st U.S.
President George Herbert Walker Bush—was born in New
Haven, Connecticut. He went on to become the 43rd U.S.
president.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland city leaders could be set for a major
pay raise in 2025 when Portland’s new form of government starts
after an independent salary commission released its first salary
proposal for the 12-member city council, mayor, and auditor.

Current city commissioners make just over $127,000; the proposal
would give them a sizable raise to $142,404 a year. The mayor
would also get a bump – from the current salary of about $151,000
to just over $175,000.

With the expanded council – from four seats to 12 seats – and the
salary increases, the cost for council and mayor salaries would
go from about $662,000 to almost $1.9 million.
by Wright Gazaway (KATU)

On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in U.S.
theaters. A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom
Hanks in the title role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with
a low I.Q. who winds up at the center of key cultural and
historical events of the second half of the 20th century.

Forrest Gump was based on a 1986 novel of the same
name by Winston Groom, who (like his main character)
grew up in Alabama and served in the Army during
Vietnam.

Forrest and Jenny

On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson claimed the women’s singles tennis
title at Wimbledon and becomes the first African American to win a championship at London’s All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet
Club.

Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina,
and raised in the Harlem section of New York City. She began
playing tennis as a teenager and went on to win the national
Black women’s championship twice.

Althea Neale Gibson  (1927 – 2003)