Page 7: 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 July - 06.   

1944  On July - 06 170 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  Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter on July - 06.   

1945  Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom on July - 06.   

1945  On July - 06 wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games   

1945  Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter on July - 06.   

1946  On July - 06 "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs   

1947  On July - 06 the AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.   

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

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  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  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 July - 06 harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri   

1958  On this day in history 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  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 July - 06.   

1965  On this day in history 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  On July - 06 marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the first OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam   

1970  Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80 on July - 06.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1580  On this day in history 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  On July - 06 birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist   

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

1686  On July - 06 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 July - 06.   

1476  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on this day in history.   

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

1553  On this day in history edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15