Top Historical Events That Happened on July 06

1945  Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1722 games   

1945  Nicaragua is recorded as becoming 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter.   

1946  "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs.   

1947  The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.   

1949  Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs.   

1951  Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57   

1953  J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango.   

1954  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.   

1955  Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87   

1957  Althea Gibson became inaugural black tennis player to win Wimbledon   

1957  Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri.   

1958  Alaska is recorded as becoming the 49th state.   

1959  Saar is recorded as becoming part of German Federal Republic   

1959  George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65.   

1960  Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3207 mile walk from LA to NYC   

1961  Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93.   

1962  William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64.   

1962  William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64   

1964  Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London   

1964  Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day).   

1964  Nyasaland is recorded as becoming the independent state of Malawi   

1965  Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms   

1966  Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50   

1967  Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade   

1968  Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the inaugural OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam   

1970  Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80.   

1971  Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70   

1971  White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks   

1971  Horst Lange, writer, dies at 66.   

1972  Brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash.   

1973  Patrick McVey actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63   

1973  Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80.   

1974  Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87   

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1542  Elisabeth van nassau: Daughter of willem/juliana van stolberg   

1580  Johann stobaeus: Composer   

1632  Albert schop: Composer   

1638  Gerrit a berckheyde: Dutch painter   

1668  Peter burmannus: [pieter burman], dutch attorney/classicist   

1678  Nicola francesco haym: Composer   

1686  Antoine de jussieu: French naturalist   

1702  Franz anton maichelbeck: Composer   

1189  Henry ii: King of england (1154-89),   

1218  Death of Eudes iii: Duke of burgundy (b. 1166)   

1415  Jan hus: Burned for heresy by the church at constance, germany   

1476  Regiomontanus: [johannes muller of königsberg],   

1480  Death of Antonio squarcialupi: Composer,   

1533  Ludovico ariosto: Italian poet (orlando furioso),   

1535  Thomas more: Philosopher (utopia), executed for treason at 57   

1553  Edward vi tudor: King of england (1547-53),