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June 6
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June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (158th in
leap years), with 208 days remaining.
Events
*
1508 -
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by
Venice Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to
Venice
*
1513 -
Italian Wars:
Battle of Novara (1513) Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under
Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon
Milan. Duke
Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
*
1523 -
Gustav I of Sweden Gustav Vasa is elected King of
Sweden, marking the end of the
Kalmar Union.
*
1654 -
Christina of Sweden Christina, reigning queen of the
Protestantism Protestant nation
Sweden, abdicates the throne and secretly converts to
Catholicism.
Charles X of Sweden Charles X succeedes his abdicated cousin
Christina of Sweden Queen Christina to the
Sweden Swedish throne.
*
1683 - The
Ashmolean Museum in
Oxford,
England, opens as the world's first
university museum.
*
1752 - A devastating fire destroys one-third of
Moscow, including 18,000 homes.
*
1809 -
Sweden promulgates a new
Instrument of Government (1809) Constitution, which restores political power to the
Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of
Enlightened absolutism.
*
1813 -
War of 1812:
Battle of Stoney Creek - A
United Kingdom British force of 700 under
John Vincent defeat an
United States American force three times its size under
William Winder and
John Chandler.
*
1832 - The Barricades fall and the Student Uprisings of 1832 end.
*
1833 - U.S. President
Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a
railroad train.
*
1844 - The
YMCA Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in
London.
*
1857 -
Sophia of Nassau marries the future King
Oscar II of Sweden Oscar II of
Sweden-Norway.
*
1859 -
Australia:
Queensland is established as a separate
crown colony colony from
New South Wales (Queensland Day).
*
1862 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Memphis -
United States Union forces capture
Memphis, Tennessee, from the
Confederate States of America Confederates.
*
1882 - More than 100,000 inhabitants of
Bombay are killed as a
cyclone in the
Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.
*
1912 - Eruption of
Novarupta in
Alaska begins. Second largest
volcanic eruption in historic time.
*
1918 -
Battle of Belleau Wood in which
US Marines stun
germans and earn the nickname
Devil Dogs begins .
*
1925 - The
Chrysler Corporation is founded by
Walter Percy Chrysler.
*
1932 - The
Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first
gas tax in the
United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (26 ¢/L) sold.
*
1933 - The first
drive-in theater opens, in
Camden, New Jersey,
United States.
*
1934 -
New Deal: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the
Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
*
1944 -
World War II:
Battle of Normandy begins. ''Operation Overlord'', code named
D-Day, commences with the landing of 155,000
Allies Allied troops on the beaches of
Normandy in
France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the
Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious
military operation in history.
*
1946 - The
Basketball Association of America is formed in
New York City.
*
1950 -
Turkey: The
Adhan in
Arabic language Arabic is legalized.
*
1956 -
David Marshall,
Singapore's first Chief Minister, resigns.
*
1962 -
The Beatles audition for
EMI.
*
1964 - Under a temporary order, the
Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven rocket launches at Cuxhaven,
Germany, are terminated, though they never resume.
*
1966 -
James Meredith,
civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across
Mississippi.
*
1968 -
Robert F. Kennedy dies.
*
1969 - The first
Internet connection was created when network control protocol packets were sent from the data port of one
Interface Message Processor IMP to another
*
1971 -
Soyuz program:
Soyuz 11 launches.
* 1971 - A midair collision between a
Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom jet fighter near
Duarte, California claims 50 lives.
* 1971 - ''
The Ed Sullivan Show'' goes off the air.
*
1972 -
David Bowie releases the classic album ''
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars''.
*
1974 - A new
Instrument of Government (1974) Instrument of Government is promulgated making
Sweden a
Parliamentarism parliamentary monarchy.
*
1981 - A passenger train travelling between
Mansi and
Saharsa,
India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the
Bagmati Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed.
*
1982 -
1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under
Israeli Defense Minister
Ariel Sharon invade southern
Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital
Beirut.
*
1984 - The
Indian Army attacks the
Golden Temple in
Amritsar in an effort to flush out terrorists, following an order from
Indira Gandhi. Official casualities are 576 combatants killed and 335 wounded; independent observers estimate that thousands of unarmed
Sikh civilians are also killed in the crossfire.
*
1985 - The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is exhumed in
Embu,
Brazil; the remains found are later proven to be those of
Josef Mengele,
Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz's "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February
1979.
*
1990 - U.S. District court judge
Jose Gonzales rules that the
hip hop music rap album ''
As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' by the
2 Live Crew violates
Florida's obscenity law; he declares that the predominant subject matter of the record is "directed to the 'dirty' thoughts and the loins, not to the intellect and the mind."
*
1991 -
George and Barbara Loeb, members of the
Creativity Movement Church of the Creator, are arrested and charged with murder.
* 1991 - Former ''
Diff'rent Strokes'' child star
Dana Plato is given a six-year suspended sentence for robbing a
Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas video store five weeks earlier.
*
1993 -
Mongolia holds its first direct presidential
elections.
*
1999 - At the
Putim maximum security prison in
Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate in the largest jailbreak in
Brazilian history, marking the 10th escape for the three-year-old facility. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed.
*
2002 - The
United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee announces it is probing
Martha Stewart's
ImClone stock sales.
* 2002 - A
near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the
Mediterranean Sea. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26
kilotons, slightly more powerful than the
Nagasaki atomic bomb.
* 2002 - The
Wye Oak,
Maryland's honorary
state tree, is destroyed in a
thunderstorm.
*
2005 - United States Supreme Court says no to
medical marijuana.
Births
*
1236 -
Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d.
1283)
*
1436 -
Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d.
1476)
*
1502 - King
John III of Portugal (d.
1557)
*
1519 -
Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d.
1603)
*
1542 -
Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d.
1591)
*
1553 -
Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d.
1617)
*
1576 -
Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (d.
1649)
*
1580 -
Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d.
1667)
*
1599 -
Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d.
1660)
*
1606 -
Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d.
1684)
*
1622 -
Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.
1857)
*
1714 - King
Joseph I of Portugal (d.
1777)
*
1755 -
Nathan Hale, American writer and patriot (d.
1776)
*
1756 -
John Trumbull, American painter (d.
1843)
*
1799 -
Alexander Pushkin Russian poet (d.
1837)
*
1810 -
Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German classical scholar (d.
1856)
*
1829 -
Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (d.
1862)
*
1850 -
Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1918)
*
1857 -
Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (d.
1918)
*
1862 -
Henry John Newbolt, English author (d.
1938)
*
1868 -
Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (d.
1912)
*
1872 -
Alexandra of Hesse Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (d.
1918)
*
1875 -
Thomas Mann, German writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1955)
*
1890 -
Ted Lewis (musician) Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d.
1971)
*
1898 -
Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer (d.
2001)
*
1900 -
Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d.
1957)
*
1901 -
Sukarno, first
President of Indonesia (d.
1970)
*
1903 -
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d.
1978)
*
1906 -
Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (d.
1993)
*
1907 -
Bill Dickey, baseball player, coach, manager, and scout (d.
1993)
*
1916 -
Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d.
1972)
*
1918 -
Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*
1924 -
Jinyong, Chinese novelist
*
1926 -
Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d.
1998)
*
1929 -
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician ( d. 2005 )
*
1933 -
Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate
*
1934 - King
Albert II of Belgium
*
1936 -
Levi Stubbs, American musician (
The Four Tops)
*
1939 -
Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer
*1939 -
Gary U.S. Bonds, American musician
*
1940 -
Larry Lujack, American disc jockey
*
1943 -
Richard Smalley, American chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate
*
1944 -
Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*
1945 -
David Dukes, American actor (d.
2000)
*
1947 -
David Blunkett, English politician
*1947 -
Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
*
1949 -
Robert Englund, American actor
*
1954 -
Harvey Fierstein, American actor
*1954 -
Cynthia Rylant, American author
*
1955 -
Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian
*
1956 -
Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
*
1956 -
Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriter.
*
1959 -
Colin Quinn, American comedian
*
1960 -
Gary Graham, American actor
*1960 -
Steve Vai, American musician
*
1961 -
Tom Araya, Chilean musician (
Slayer)
*
1963 -
Wolfgang Drechsler, German social scientist
*
1965 -
Cam Neely, Canadian
ice hockey player
*
1966 -
Murdoc Niccals, Bassist for the Gorillaz
*
1967 -
Paul Giamatti, American actor
*
1970 -
Anthony Norris, American professional wrestler
*
1972 -
Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
*
1974 -
Uncle Kracker, American rock and roll musician
*
1975 -
Staci Keanan, American actress
*
1978 -
Carl Barat, English singer and guitarist (
The Libertines)
*
1978 -
Judith Barsi, American actress (d.
1988)
*
1900 -
Alex, It's my birtday (d.
1957)
Deaths
*
1393 -
Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b.
1359)
*
1480 -
Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect
*
1548 -
Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b.
1500)
*
1563 -
Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b.
1519)
*
1583 -
Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b.
1556)
*
1740 -
Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
*
1784 -
Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b.
1741)
*
1799 -
Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b.
1736)
*
1813 -
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
*
1832 -
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b.
1748)
*
1840 -
Marcellin Champagnat, French priest, Saint (b.
1789)
*
1843 -
Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist (b.
1770)
*
1861 -
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b.
1810)
*
1865 -
William Quantrill, American Confederate raider (b.
1837)
*
1878 -
Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b.
1790)
*
1881 -
Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (b.
1820)
*
1891 - Sir
John A. Macdonald, first
Prime Minister of Canada (b.
1815)
*
1916 -
Yuan Shikai, Chinese military official and politician (b.
1859)
*
1922 -
Lillian Russell, American actress (b.
1860)
*
1941 -
Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer and race car driver (b.
1878)
*
1946 -
Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1862)
*
1961 -
Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b.
1875)
*
1968 -
Robert F. Kennedy,
United States Attorney General and Senator from New York (b.
1925)
*1968 -
Randolph Churchill, only son of
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (b.
1911)
*
1976 -
J. Paul Getty, American industrialist (b.
1892)
*1976 -
Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (b.
1891)
*
1979 -
Jack Haley, American actor (b.
1898)
*
1981 -
Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b.
1904)
*
1984 -
A. Bertram Chandler, Australian author (b.
1912)
*
1991 -
Stan Getz, American musician and composer (b.
1927)
*
1996 -
George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1903)
*
1999 -
Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b.
1930)
*
2003 -
H.I.T.L.A.H. Capo Confucious, American rapper (b.
1980)
*
2004 -
Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b.
1941)
*
2005 -
Anne Bancroft, American actress (b.
1931)
Holidays and observances
*
Yom Yerushalayim (
Jerusalem Day) - Israel
*
National holiday of Sweden
*
Queensland Day
*
South Korean Memorial Day
*
Samantha Smith Day - Maine (first Monday of June)
*
Teacher's Day - America
*National
Yo-yo Day - America
*
D-Day landings - Europe
External links
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BBC: On This Day
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June 5 -
June 7 -
May 6 -
July 6 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
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nap:6 'e giùgno
pam:Juniu 6
war:Hunyo 6
af:6 Junie
ar:6 يونيو
an:6 de chunio
ast:6 de xunu
bg:6 юни
be:6 чÑ?рвенÑ?
bs:6. juni
ca:6 de juny
cv:Çĕртме, 6
co:6 di ghjugnu
cs:6. Ä?erven
cy:6 Mehefin
da:6. juni
de:6. Juni
et:6. juuni
el:6 Ιουνίου
es:6 de junio
eo:6-a de junio
eu:Ekainaren 6
fo:6. juni
fr:6 juin
fy:6 juny
ga:6 Meitheamh
gl:6 de xuño
ko:6ì›” 6ì?¼
hr:6. lipnja
io:6 di junio
id:6 Juni
ia:6 de junio
is:6. júnÃ
it:6 giugno
he:6 ×‘×™×•× ×™
jv:6 Juni
ka:6 ივნისი
csb:6 czerwińca
ku:6'ê pûşperê
lt:Birželio 6
lb:6. Juni
li:6 juni
hu:Június 6
mk:6 јуни
ml:ജൂണ�� 6
ms:6 Jun
nl:6 juni
ja:6月6日
no:6. juni
nn:6. juni
oc:6 de junh
pl:6 czerwca
pt:6 de Junho
ro:6 iunie
ru:6 июнÑ?
se:Geassemánu 6.
sco:6 Juin
sq:6 Qershor
scn:6 di giugnu
simple:June 6
sk:6. jún
sl:6. junij
sr:6. јун
fi:6. kesäkuuta
sv:6 juni
tl:Hunyo 6
tt:6. Yün
te:జూన� 6
th:6 มิถุนายน
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