Historical Events In July - 06
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 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 on July - 06.
1945 On this day in history nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter
1945 Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom on this day in history.
1945 Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter
1946 On this day in history "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs
1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union on July - 06.
1949 On this day in history cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
1951 On July - 06 josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57
1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango on this day in history.
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 July - 06.
1955 Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1957 Althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon on July - 06.
1957 On July - 06 harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri
1958 On July - 06 alaska becomes the 49th state
1959 On this day in history saar becomes part of German Federal Republic
1959 George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65 on July - 06.
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 William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64
1964 On this day in history beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London
1964 Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) on this day in history.
1964 Nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi on July - 06.
1965 On July - 06 rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms
1966 Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50 on this day in history.
1967 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade on this day in history.
1968 On July - 06 marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the first OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam
1970 Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80 on July - 06.
1971 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70 on this day in history.
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