Page 7: Historical Events In July - 06

1943  On July - 06 night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena.   

1943  2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed on July - 06.   

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

1944  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 on July - 06.   

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

1946  "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history the AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.   

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

1951  Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history j Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango   

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

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 this day in history.   

1957  On July - 06 harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri   

1958  On July - 06 alaska becomes the 49th state   

1959  On this day in history saar becomes part of German Federal Republic   

1959  On July - 06 george Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65   

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

1961  Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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 July - 06.   

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

1965  On this day in history rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms   

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

1967  Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade on July - 06.   

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  On this day in history louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70   

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1542  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg was born on July - 06.   

1580  On this day in history birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of pietro Reggio, composer   

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1668  On July - 06 birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist   

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

1686  Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1535  On this day in history death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57   

1553  Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 on July - 06.