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What happened in history on this day: June 6?
On June 6 in ...
- 1134 - Death of St. Norbert von Xanten (born about 1080 in Xanten (Germany); founded a religious order at Prémontré (modern France), founded abbeys in Westphalia, Archbishop of Magdeburg.
- 1436 - Birth of Regiomontanus (Johann Müller) in Königsberg; responsible for modern rediscovery of trigonometry from Greek manuscripts on Ptolemy.
- 1522 - Death of Johannes Reuchlin in Bad Liebenzell, Germany. Reuchlin was a scholar of ancient Greek and Latin, and Hebrew language and literature.
- 1523 - Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day).
- 1599 - Birth of Diego Velázquez Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized).
- 1606 - Birth of Pierre Corneille France, dramatist (Le Cid, Horace).
- 1639 - Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill.
- 1642 - English Parliament declares King Charles no longer a responsible person.
- 1654 - In Sweden, at the Riksdag in Uppsala Castle, Queen Kristina abdicates the throne. Karl X Gustav is declared new king.
- 1683 - Opening of Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.
- 1755 - Birth of Nathan Hale hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country.
- 1756 - Birth of John Trumbull US painter (Declaration of Independence).
- 1799 - Birth of Aleksandr Sergeyevich in Russia; poet, founder of modern Russian Literature.
- 1799 - Birth of Alexandr Pushkin in Russia; writer (Eugene Onegin).
- 1799 - Death of Patrick Henry; Governor of Virginia.
- 1813 - US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ontario).
- 1816 - 10 inches of snowfall in New England, USA; the "year without a summer" (due to volcano Krakatoa).
- 1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London, England.
- 1850 - Birth of Karl F Braun; codeveloped wireless telegraphy (Nobel Prize 1909).
- 1862 - CSA General Turner Ashby is killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, CSA.
- 1862 - Battle of Memphis, Tennessee - the city is surrendered.
- 1868 - Birth of Robert Falcon Scott; leader of ill-fated south polar expedition.
- 1872 - Birth of Alexandra; last Russian tsarina (1894-1918).
- 1875 - Birth of Thomas Mann in Germany; novelist (Magic Mountain - Nobel Prize 1929).
- 1875 - Netherlands goes on the gold standard.
- 1882 - Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000.
- 1882 - Electric iron patented in USA by Henry W. Seely of New York City.
- 1888 - Great Britain annexes Christmas Island.
- 1889 - Great Fire in Seattle, Washington destroys 25 downtown blocks.
- 1890 - Birth of Dorothy Heyward in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Porgy).
- 1890 - United States Polo Association is formed, in New York City.
- 1896 - Birth of Robert Sheriff; playwright (Journey's End).
- 1898 - Birth of Walter Abel in Saint Paul, Minnesota; actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl).
- 1901 - Birth of Sukarno in Java; Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945-67).
- 1903 - Birth of Aram Khachaturian in Tiflis, Georgia, Russia; musician/composer (Gayane).
- 1904 - National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- 1905 - Birth of John Gart in Russia; orchestra leader (Paul Winchell Show).
- 1907 - Birth of Bill Dickey; New York Yankees hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43), manager (1946).
- 1911 - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified).
- 1912 - Novarupta in Alaska begins erupting, resulting in the second largest volcanic eruption in historic time.
- 1914 - First air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway).
- 1915 - Birth of Vincent Persichetti in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Sibyl).
- 1917 - Birth of Kerkor Kerkorian AKA Kirk Kerkorian in Fresno, California, USA; CEO (MGM, United Artists).
- 1918 - Battle of Belleau Wood, first US victory of the Great War.
- 1918 - Birth of Richard Crane in Newcastle, Indiana, USA; actor (Surfside 6).
- 1919 - Man O' War wins first victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont.
- 1924 - S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica.
- 1925 - Walter Percy Chrysler founds the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1926 - Birth of Klaus Tennstedt in Merseburg, Germany; conductor (Fidelio).
- 1928 - Birth of George Deukmejian in Menands, New York, USA; (Governor-California).
- 1931 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia.
- 1931 - New York Yankees turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to the Cleveland Indians.
- 1932 - Birth of Billie Whitelaw in Coventry, England; actress (Omen, Adding Machine).
- 1932 - Birth of David R Scott in San Antonio, Texas, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15).
- 1932 - US Federal gas tax enacted.
- 1933 - Richard Hollingshead opens the first drive-in cinema, in Camden, New Jersey, on a 10-acre site, with room for 400 cars. The screen is 40 by 30 feet.
- 1933 - Birth of Heinrich Rohrer; Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope, Nobel Prize 1986).
- 1933 - US Employment Service created.
- 1934 - Birth of Philippe Entremont in France; pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orchestra).
- 1934 - Securities and Exchange Commission is established.
- 1934 - New York Yankees' player Myrl Hoag hits six singles in one game.
- 1935 - Birth of Bobby Mitchell; NFL running back, wide receiver (Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins).
- 1935 - Birth of Dalai Lama in Tibet; spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists.
- 1936 - Aviation gasoline first produced commercially, in Paulsboro, New Jersey.
- 1936 - Birth of Levi Stubbs; rocker (The Four Tops - "Same Old Song").
- 1937 - Philadelphia Phillies, trailing 8-2 to Saint Louis Cardinals, forfeit game.
- 1939 - Birth of Gary "US" Bonds [Anderson]; singer/songwriter (New Orleans).
- 1939 - Birth of Marian Wright-Edelman; health care president (Childrens Defense Fund).
- 1941 - First US navy vessel constructed as mine-layer, Terror launched.
- 1942 - First nylon parachute jump (Adeline Gray in Hartford, Connecticut).
- 1942 - Birth of Sandra Morgan; American 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956).
- 1944 - (0000-0100 hours) Pathfinders of the United States 101st Airborne Division begin parachute landing in Normandy to set up the Drop Zones for the following main force.
- 1944 - (about 0230 hours) 822 C-47 Dakota aircraft drop the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions on Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (about 0630 hours) 300 men of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Division, US 1st Army, land at Utah Beach, the first company of the Allies to land. They land a mile south of their target, and encounter little opposition. Twenty-eight of 32 Dual-Drive tanks reach the beach.
- 1944 - (about 0630 hours) The first tanks come ashore at Omaha beach, between Pointe de la Percée and Port-en-Bessin.
- 1944 - (0720 hours) The British 2nd Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey begins landing on the beaches "Gold", "Juno", and "Sword", toward the River Orne.
- 1944 - (1500 hours) A group of British men of the 50th Division cross highway N-13, running from Caen to Cherbourg. This is the furthest penetration of any Allied unit during D-Day.
- 1944 - Alaska Airlines commences operations.
- 1944 - Theodore Roosevelt Junior receives congressional Medal of Honor.
- 1944 - Over 90 km of Normandy coastline during the day, about 155,000 Allied troops land, incurring 11,000 casualties (2500 dead). 69,000 British soldiers land, with about 2,000 casualties. 14,000 Canadians land, with about 1,000 casualties, of which 350 are dead. American casualties total about 3,200.
- 1946 - Birth of Chelsea Brown in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln).
- 1946 - Henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV.
- 1946 - The 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule first season.
- 1947 - Birth of Marion Coakes in England; equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968).
- 1949 - Birth of Robert Englund in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Freddy Kreuger - A Nightmare on Elm Street, V).
- 1951 - Birth of Dwight Twilley; country singer ("Twilley Don't Mind").
- 1953 - J Churms discovers asteroid #2025.
- 1954 - Birth of Harvey Fierstein; playwright (Torch Song Trilogy).
- 1955 - Bill Haley and The Comets' song "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1.
- 1955 - Birth of Dana Carvey in Missoula, Montana, USA; comedian (Church Lady - Saturday Night Live).
- 1956 - Birth of Björn Borg in Sodertlage, Sweden; tennis champion (Wimbeldon 1976-79).
- 1956 - Birth of Marilyn Jones in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Carey - King's Crossing).
- 1956 - Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at age 75.
- 1957 - The decision of the Automobile Manufacturers Association (in the USA) to ban race involvement is announced. The ban on racing involvement includes not helping others, not supply pace cars, not publicize any results, not advertise any features of passenger cars that suggest speed.
- 1959 - Birth of Amanda Pays; actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits).
- 1960 - Birth of Gary Graham; actor (Money on the Side).
- 1960 - Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely".
- 1961 - Birth of Sydney Walsh; actress (Mo - Hooperman).
- 1961 - Birth of Terri Nunn in California, USA; singer (Berlin - "Take my Breathe Away").
- 1962 - Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy - Circus Boy), dies at age 63.
- 1964 - Birth of Dee C Lee [Diane Sealey]; rocker (Style Council - "You're Best Thing").
- 1964 - Birth of Sherry J Traylor in Mexico, Missouri, USA; Miss Missouri-America (1991).
- 1965 - Birth of David Whyte; rocker (Brother Beyond - "Can You Keep a Secret").
- 1965 - Lester Matthews, actor (Sir Dennis - Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at age 64.
- 1966 - Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy Orbison, dies in a motorcyle crash.
- 1967 - Six-day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begins.
- 1967 - Birth of Max Casella; actor (Vinnie - Doogie Howser).
- 1967 - Edward G Givens Junior, astronaut, dies in an auto accident at age 37.
- 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy (Senator-Democrat-New York), dies of gunshot wounds at age 42 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Sirham Bishara Sirham is called the lone gunman, but three shots from behind Kennedy at upward angle, fatal shot behind right ear at point blank range. Sirhan was in front. 14 bullets fired.
- 1971 - Air West flight 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over Los Angeles, 50 die.
- 1971 - Soyuz 11 takes three cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station.
- 1971 - CBS TV airs The Ed Sullivan Show for the last time, after a run of 23 years.
- 1972 - Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie, Rhodesia).
- 1972 - Gold hits record US$60 an ounce in London, England.
- 1975 - Birth of Damon Pampolina; rocker (Party - Rodeo, That's Why).
- 1975 - Birth of Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky]; actress (Nicole - My two Dads).
- 1975 - British voters decide to remain in Common Market.
- 1975 - Death of Larry Blyden AKA Ivan Lawrence Blieden at age 49 in a motorcycle accident in Morocco; TV actor (Joe & Mabel, Harry's Girls), game show host (What's My Line).
- 1975 - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established.
- 1976 - Birth of Lukas Hass; actor (Lady in White).
- 1976 - Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2.
- 1976 - J Paul Getty, oil magnate, dies at age 83 in London, England.
- 1977 - Doobie Brothers sponser a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way.
- 1977 - Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Mississippi).
- 1977 - US Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws.
- 1978 - Treaty transferring jurisdiction of Panama Canal to Panama signed in Panama.
- 1978 - ABC-TV debuts the newsmagazine 20/20.
- 1978 - California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60 percent.
- 1978 - A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet and #3339.
- 1979 - 200th running of horse-racing's Derby in England.
- 1979 - Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors.
- 1980 - Björn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title.
- 1981 - Seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train fall off the tracks into the River Kosi in Bihar, India; about 800 die.
- 1982 - 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- 1982 - The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon.
- 1982 - Death of Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (born 1905).
- 1984 - Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine, killing an estimated 2000 people.
- 1984 - Death of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, most well known sikh leader of the 20th century (born 1947).
- 1985 - The body of Dr. Joseph Mengele is exhumed from a grave in South America to confirm his identity.
- 1985 - Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French).
- 1985 - Soyuz T-13 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station.
- 1986 - Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself.
- 1988 - US Presidential candidate George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II.
- 1988 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom strips jockey Lester Piggott of his Order of the British Empire following his jailing for tax irregularities.
- 1990 - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankees' manager.
- 1991 - Larry Kert, actor (Tony - West Side Story), dies from AIDS.
- 1991 - Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at age 64.
- 1991 - Sylvia Porter, economist/author, dies at age 77.
- 1992 - The 700th episode of the syndicated TV series Soul Train airs.
- 1993 - Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.
- 1994 - In Colombia, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs. At least 295 people killed, 500 missing, 13,000 homeless and severe damage caused to houses, highways and bridges by the earthquake and ensuing landslides.
- 1994 - (to June 8) Ceasefire negotiations for the Yugoslav War begin in Geneva, Switzerland; they agree to a one-month cessation of hostilities.
- 1994 - Death of Barry Sullivan at age 81; actor (The Tall Man, Harbourmaster).
- 1995 - U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
- 1996 - Death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1903).
- 1999 - In Brazil, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.
- 1999 - Death of Anne Haddy, Australian actress (Helen Daniels - Neighbours) (born 1930).
- 2002 - An asteroid or comet estimated at 5-10 metres in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya with an estimated force slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
- 2004 - At the 58th Annual Tony Awards, Avenue Q upsets front-runner Wicked to win the award for Best Musical.
- 2005 - Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam resigns.
- 2005 - Apple Computer announces it is abandoning the PowerPC processor in favor of Intel processors for future Macintosh computers.
- 2006 - The Union of Islamic Courts gains control of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, ending warlord rule of the city.
- 2006 - On the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of the century, the Los Angeles Dodgers score six runs in the sixth inning during the sixth game of the homestand.
- 2007 - (to June 8) The 33rd G8 summit takes place amid strong protests in Heiligendamm, Germany.
- 2007 - Twelve people are killed by cyclone Gonu in Oman.
- 2007 - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeat the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.
- 2007 - At Petco Park, San Diego Padres' pitcher Trevor Hoffman becomes the first reliever to save 500 games.
- 2008 - Paramount releases the film Kung Fu Panda to theaters.
- 2009 - Svetlana Kuznetsova beats fellow Russian Dinara Safina (6-4 6-2) to win the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
- 2009 - Costa Cruises enters the Guinness World Records for the joint christening in Genoa of its 13th and 14th additions to the fleet - the Costa Luminosa (92,600 gross tons, 2260 passengers) and the Costa Pacifica (114,500 gross tons, 3008 passengers) cruise ships.
- 2009 - Death of Jean Dausset, French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916).
- 2010 - Rafael Nadal win the French Open of tennis for the fifth time defeating Robin Soderling in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
- 2010 - The MTV Movie Awards ceremony is held in California. Some awards:
- Best Movie: The Twilight Saga: New Moon;
- Best Female Performance: Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: New Moon);
- Best Male Performance: Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: New Moon);
- Best Breakout Star: Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air);
- Best Comedic Performance: Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover);
- Best Villain: Tom Felton (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince).
- 2013 - American Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country.
- 2015 - The governments of India and Bangladesh officially ratify their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.
- 2017 - Death of Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman and arms dealer (born 1935).
- 2019 - The African Union suspends Sudan's membership "with immediate effect" after the Khartoum massacre.
- 2022 - Death of Jim Seals at age 79 at home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; singer, songwriter (Seals and Crofts - "Summer Breeze" song, "Diamond Girl" song).
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