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

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 July - 06 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  Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter on July - 06.   

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

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

1949  On July - 06 cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs   

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

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  On July - 06 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   

1955  Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87 on July - 06.   

1957  Althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon on this day in history.   

1957  Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri on July - 06.   

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

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  On July - 06 dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC   

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 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  On this day in history malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)   

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

1965  On this day in history rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms   

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

1967  On July - 06 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 this day in history.   

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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1542  On this day in history 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 July - 06.   

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

1638  On this day in history birth of gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter   

1668  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist   

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 06 death of jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany   

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

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on July - 06.   

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 July - 06.   

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