Page 7: Historical Events In July - 06

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1944  On July - 06 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn   

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 this day in history 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  On July - 06 "St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs   

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 July - 06.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1955  Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1957  On July - 06 althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon   

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

1958  Alaska becomes the 49th state on July - 06.   

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

1961  Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 on July - 06.   

1962  On July - 06 william Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64   

1962  On this day in history 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  Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) on this day in history.   

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

1965  Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms on this day in history.   

1966  On July - 06 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  On July - 06 marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80   

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  Johann Stobaeus, composer was born on July - 06.   

1632  Albert Schop, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1638  On July - 06 birth of gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter   

1668  On this day in history 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 July - 06 henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56   

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  On July - 06 regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies   

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  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.