Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is July 6. On this date in 1942, Ann Frank and her family took refuge in a secret section of an Amsterdam warehouse where they hid from the Nazis for two years. Finally discovered, they were shipped off to concentration camps where Ann eventually perished. But, her dairy, detailing the harrowing days before their capture, lived on as a worldwide reminder of those barbaric times. Advertisement Fire of unknown origin broke out under the big top during a performance of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Conn., on this date in 1944, and spread with incredible speed, killing 100 children, 67 adults and injuring 682. French scientist Louis Pasteur, on this date in 1885, tried out his anti-rabies treatment by inoculating a boy who had been bitten by a rabid dog. The youngster, who did not develop rabies, grew up to become the director of the Pasteur Institute. The prosecution finally rested in the double murder trial of O.J. Simpson on this date in 1995 after presenting 58 witnesses and 488 exhibits during 92 days of testimony. Simpson subsequently was acquitted of murdering his wife and a friend. Advertisement The Republican Party was formally organized on this date in 1854 at a convention in New York City. Coincidentally, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed on the same date in 1923. Hillary Clinton became the first First Lady to seek public office when she announced on this date in 1999 she was forming an exploratory committee to look into running for the Senate. She was elected the following year, taking office as her husband, President Bill Clinton, was leaving office. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, died on this date in 1971 in New York City at the age of 69. A world-renowned jazz trumpeter and vocalist, he pioneered jazz improvisation and swing. And, on this date in 1954, in a Memphis recording studio, Elvis Presley made his first commercial single, "That's All Right Mama" backed by "Blue Moon Of Kentucky." We now return you to the present, already in progress.
