Historical Events In July - 06

1943  Night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1945  Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom on this day in history.  

1945  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57  

1953  On this day in history j Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango  

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 this day in history.  

1955  On July - 06 paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87  

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  On this day in history alaska becomes the 49th state  

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

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

1962  On July - 06 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  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 this day in history rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms  

1966  On July - 06 anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50  

1967  On this day in history 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  On this day in history marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80  

1971  On July - 06 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 this day in history.  

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 July - 06.  

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

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 July - 06.  

1218  On this day in history 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  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  On July - 06 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15