|
What happened in history on this day: June 6?
On June 6 in ...
- 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).
- 1862 - CSA General Turner Ashby is killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, CSA.
- 1862 - Battle of Memphis, Tennessee - the city is surrendered.
- 1882 - Electric iron patented in USA by Henry W. Seely of New York City.
- 1889 - Great Fire in Seattle, Washington destroys 25 downtown blocks.
- 1890 - United States Polo Association is formed, in New York City.
- 1904 - National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- 1912 - Novarupta in Alaska begins erupting, resulting in the second largest volcanic eruption in historic time.
- 1918 - Battle of Belleau Wood, first US victory of the Great War.
- 1925 - Walter Percy Chrysler founds the Chrysler Corporation.
- 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 - US Employment Service created.
- 1934 - Securities and Exchange Commission is established.
- 1936 - Aviation gasoline first produced commercially, in Paulsboro, New Jersey.
- 1941 - First US navy vessel constructed as mine-layer, Terror launched.
- 1942 - The Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins printing Series 1934 $5 "HAWAII" emergency Federal Reserve notes.
- 1942 - First nylon parachute jump (Adeline Gray in Hartford, Connecticut).
- 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 - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1977 - Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Mississippi).
- 1977 - US Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws.
- 1978 - California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60 percent.
- 1988 - US Presidential candidate George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II.
- 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.
- 2007 - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeat the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.
- 2013 - American Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country.
Births on June 6
- 1890 - Birth of Dorothy Heyward in New York City, New York, USA; playwright (Porgy).
- 1898 - Birth of Walter Abel in Saint Paul, Minnesota; actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl).
- 1911 - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified).
- 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 - Birth of Richard Crane in Newcastle, Indiana, USA; actor (Surfside 6).
- 1928 - Birth of George Deukmejian in Menands, New York, USA; (Governor-California).
- 1932 - Birth of David R Scott in San Antonio, Texas, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15).
- 1946 - Birth of Chelsea Brown in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln).
- 1949 - Birth of Robert Englund in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Freddy Kreuger - A Nightmare on Elm Street, V).
- 1955 - Birth of Dana Carvey in Missoula, Montana, USA; comedian (Church Lady - Saturday Night Live).
- 1956 - Birth of Marilyn Jones in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Carey - King's Crossing).
- 1961 - Birth of Terri Nunn in California, USA; singer (Berlin - "Take my Breathe Away").
- 1964 - Birth of Sherry J Traylor in Mexico, Missouri, USA; Miss Missouri-America (1991).
Deaths on June 6
- 1799 - Death of Patrick Henry; Governor of Virginia.
- 1862 - CSA General Turner Ashby is killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, CSA.
- 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.
- 1982 - Death of Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (born 1905).
- 1996 - Death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1903).
- 2016 - Death of Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist (born 1974).
- 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).
|
|
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/usa/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|