|
Notable anniversaries in history for today: June 6
- 100th: 1924 - S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Philippe Entremont in France; pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orchestra).
- 90th: 1934 - Securities and Exchange Commission is established.
- 90th: 1934 - New York Yankees' player Myrl Hoag hits six singles in one game.
- 80th: 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.
- 80th: 1944 - (about 0230 hours) 822 C-47 Dakota aircraft drop the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions on Normandy, France.
- 80th: 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.
- 80th: 1944 - (about 0630 hours) The first tanks come ashore at Omaha beach, between Pointe de la Percée and Port-en-Bessin.
- 80th: 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.
- 80th: 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.
- 80th: 1944 - Alaska Airlines commences operations.
- 80th: 1944 - Theodore Roosevelt Junior receives congressional Medal of Honor.
- 80th: 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.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Harvey Fierstein; playwright (Torch Song Trilogy).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Dee C Lee [Diane Sealey]; rocker (Style Council - "You're Best Thing").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Sherry J Traylor in Mexico, Missouri, USA; Miss Missouri-America (1991).
- 40th: 1984 - Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the Sikhs' holiest shrine, killing an estimated 2000 people.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, most well known sikh leader of the 20th century (born 1947).
- 30th: 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.
- 30th: 1994 - (to June 8) Ceasefire negotiations for the Yugoslav War begin in Geneva, Switzerland; they agree to a one-month cessation of hostilities.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Barry Sullivan at age 81; actor (The Tall Man, Harbourmaster).
- 25th: 1999 - In Brazil, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Anne Haddy, Australian actress (Helen Daniels - Neighbours) (born 1930).
- 20th: 2004 - At the 58th Annual Tony Awards, Avenue Q upsets front-runner Wicked to win the award for Best Musical.
- 15th: 2009 - Svetlana Kuznetsova beats fellow Russian Dinara Safina (6-4 6-2) to win the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
- 15th: 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.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Jean Dausset, French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916).
- 5th: 2019 - The African Union suspends Sudan's membership "with immediate effect" after the Khartoum massacre.
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/anniv/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
|