400 Historic Events for July 6
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| 1931 |
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35th US Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio
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| 1932 |
Event |
1st class postage back up to 3› from 2›
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Della Reese, Detroit, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family)
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| 1932 |
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Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli
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| 1933 |
Death |
Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76
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| 1933 |
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1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
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| 1934 |
Death |
Warden Uncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73
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| 1935 |
Birth |
14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
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| 1935 |
Event |
48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75)
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| 1935 |
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Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens
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| 1936 |
Event |
114øF (46øC), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)
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| 1936 |
Event |
121øF (49øC), Steele, North Dakota (state record)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Tony Lewis, cricketer (England batsman, captain 1972-73)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Ned Beatty, Lexington Ky, actor (Deliverance, Repossed, Network)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku)
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| 1938 |
Event |
6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Jet Harris, [Terence Harris], London, rock bassist (Drifters)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Man Mohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Helena Dupont, US, equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Mary Peters, England, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972)
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| 1939 |
Event |
German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
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| 1941 |
Event |
NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
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