Page 7: 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 this day in history 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed   

1944  On July - 06 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn   

1944  On this day in history 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  On July - 06 nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter   

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

1945  On this day in history wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games   

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 July - 06.   

1947  On July - 06 the AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.   

1949  Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs on July - 06.   

1951  On July - 06 josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57   

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

1954  On this day in history dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70   

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  Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87 on July - 06.   

1957  Althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon on July - 06.   

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

1958  On this day in history alaska becomes the 49th state   

1959  On July - 06 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 this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93   

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

1962  William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64 on July - 06.   

1964  Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London on this day in history.   

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

1964  Nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi on July - 06.   

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

1966  On this day in history anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50   

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

1968  On this day in history marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the first OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam   

1970  On July - 06 marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80   

1971  On this day in history louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70   

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1542  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg was born on July - 06.   

1580  On July - 06 birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  Pietro Reggio, composer was born on July - 06.   

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1678  On July - 06 birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

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

1189  On July - 06 henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56   

1218  On July - 06 death of eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)   

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

1476  On July - 06 regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies   

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  Death of Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 on July - 06.   

1553  On this day in history edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15