Page 7: 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  2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed on this day in history.   

1944  170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter   

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

1945  Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 06.   

1954  On July - 06 dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70   

1955  On this day in history 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 July - 06.   

1957  On this day in history harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri   

1958  On July - 06 alaska becomes the 49th state   

1959  Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic on July - 06.   

1959  George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65 on July - 06.   

1960  Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC on July - 06.   

1961  On July - 06 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 this day in history.   

1964  Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London on this day in history.   

1964  On July - 06 malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)   

1964  Nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi on July - 06.   

1965  On July - 06 rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms   

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  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 July - 06.   

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1542  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg was born on this day in history.   

1580  Johann Stobaeus, composer was born on July - 06.   

1632  On this day in history birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  Pietro Reggio, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 06 birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

1686  On this day in history birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1480  On July - 06 antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64   

1533  On this day in history ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57   

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