Historical Events In July - 06

1943  On July - 06 night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena.   

1943  On July - 06 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed   

1944  170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn on this day in history.   

1944  On July - 06 in Hartford, Connecticut, a fire broke out under the big top of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, killing 167 people and injuring 682. Two-thirds of those who perished were children   

1945  Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter on July - 06.   

1945  On this day in history pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom   

1945  Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games on July - 06.   

1945  On this day in history nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter   

1946  "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs on this day in history.   

1947  The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1949  Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs on this day in history.   

1951  Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1953  On July - 06 j Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango   

1954  Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70 on July - 06.   

1955  The Federal Air Pollution Control Act was implemented on this day in 1955, providing federally allocated funds for research into causal analysis and control of car-emission pollution on this day in history.   

1955  On July - 06 paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87   

1957  On July - 06 althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon   

1957  Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri on this day in history.   

1958  On July - 06 alaska becomes the 49th state   

1959  On this day in history saar becomes part of German Federal Republic   

1959  On July - 06 george Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65   

1960  Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC on July - 06.   

1961  On July - 06 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93   

1962  On this day in history william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

1962  On July - 06 william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64   

1964  On July - 06 beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London   

1964  Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) on July - 06.   

1964  On July - 06 nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi   

1965  Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms on this day in history.   

1966  Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50 on July - 06.   

1967  On this day in history biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade   

1968  Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the first OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam on July - 06.   

1970  Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1971  Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70 on July - 06.   

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1542  On July - 06 birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg   

1580  On July - 06 birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  On this day in history birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  On this day in history birth of pietro Reggio, composer   

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on July - 06.   

1668  On July - 06 birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist   

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on July - 06.   

1686  Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) was born on July - 06.   

1189  On this day in history henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56   

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on July - 06.   

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on July - 06.   

1476  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on July - 06.   

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57   

1535  On July - 06 death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57   

1553  On July - 06 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15