Historical Events In July - 06

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

1943  On this day in history 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed  

1944  On this day in history 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  On July - 06 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 this day in history the AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.  

1949  On July - 06 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 July - 06.  

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 July - 06.  

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

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

1958  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1960  Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC on this day in history.  

1961  Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 on July - 06.  

1962  William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on July - 06.  

1962  On July - 06 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  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 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 July - 06.  

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  On this day in history 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 July - 06 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  On July - 06 birth of gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter  

1668  Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1189  Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on this day in history.  

1415  On July - 06 death of jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany  

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

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

1533  Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57 on July - 06.  

1535  On this day in history death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57  

1553  Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 on July - 06.