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 July - 06.   

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  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 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 July - 06.   

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

1953  J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango on this day in history.   

1954  Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70 on July - 06.   

1955  On July - 06 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  Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri on July - 06.   

1958  On July - 06 alaska becomes the 49th state   

1959  Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic on this day in history.   

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

1960  On July - 06 dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC   

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  On July - 06 beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London   

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

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

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

1966  Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50 on July - 06.   

1967  Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg   

1580  Johann Stobaeus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1632  On July - 06 birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of pietro Reggio, composer   

1638  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)   

1189  Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56 on July - 06.   

1218  On July - 06 death of eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)   

1415  On this day in history death of jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany   

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

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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