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

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

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  Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom on July - 06.  

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

1945  On this day in history 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  The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union on July - 06.  

1949  Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs on this day in history.  

1951  Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57 on July - 06.  

1953  J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango on July - 06.  

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 July - 06.  

1955  On this day in history paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87  

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

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  On July - 06 george Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65  

1960  On this day in history 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  William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 July - 06.  

1964  Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) on July - 06.  

1964  On July - 06 nyasaland becomes the independent state of Malawi  

1965  Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms on July - 06.  

1966  On this day in history anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50  

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 this day in history.  

1971  Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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1542  On July - 06 birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg  

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

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

1632  On this day in history birth of pietro Reggio, composer  

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on July - 06.  

1668  Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist was born on July - 06.  

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on July - 06.  

1686  On July - 06 birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)  

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

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  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on this day in history.  

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

1533  On July - 06 ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57  

1535  On July - 06 death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57  

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