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

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 July - 06 nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter   

1945  On July - 06 pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom   

1945  On July - 06 wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games   

1945  Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 06 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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon   

1957  On July - 06 harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri   

1958  Alaska becomes the 49th state on July - 06.   

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

1959  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history william [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64   

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 this day in history.   

1964  Nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi on this day in history.   

1965  Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms on July - 06.   

1966  Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50 on this day in history.   

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

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  On July - 06 marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80   

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 this day in history birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  Albert Schop, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  On July - 06 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  On this day in history birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1476  On this day in history regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies   

1480  On this day in history antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64   

1533  Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1535  Death of Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 on this day in history.   

1553  Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 on this day in history.