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| Birthday June 06, 1436 Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables |
| Birthday June 06, 1599 Diego Vel zquez, Spanish painter |
| Birthday June 06, 1755 Nathan Hale, patriot |
| Birthday June 06, 1756 John Trumbull, painter |
| Birthday June 06, 1850 Karl F. Braun, codeveloper of wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909) |
| Birthday June 06, 1875 Thomas Mann, German novelist (Magic Mountain) (Nobel 1929) |
| Birthday June 06, 1886 Paul Dudley White, heart specialist |
| Birthday June 06, 1887 Walter Abel, Actor |
| Birthday June 06, 1903 Aram Khachaturian, Russian musician, composer |
| Birthday June 06, 1907 Bill Dickey, Baseball hall-of-famer |
| Birthday June 06, 1917 Kathran Graham, publisher (Washington Post) |
| Birthday June 06, 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler, cars |
| Birthday June 06, 1932 David R. Scott, U.S. astronaut (Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15) |
| Birthday June 06, 1932 Billie Whitelaw, actrees |
| Birthday June 06, 1935 Dalai Lama, religious leader |
| Birthday June 06, 1935 Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back, wide receiver (Browns, Redskins) |
| Birthday June 06, 1939 Gary "US" Bonds, singer & songwriter |
| Birthday June 06, 1952 Harvey Fierstein, Playwright |
| Birthday June 06, 1956 Bjorn Borg, Racketeer |
| Birthday June 06, 1961 Sydney Walsh |
| History June 06, 1683 The Ashmolean opens |
| History June 06, 1775 New York Patriot Marinus Willet seizes British weapons |
| History June 06, 1809 Swedish Constitution and Flag Day (National Day) |
| History June 06, 1833 President Jackson rides the Iron Horse |
| History June 06, 1844 YMCA founded in London |
| History June 06, 1862 Union claims Memphis in naval battle |
| History June 06, 1865 William Quantrill killed by Union soldiers |
| History June 06, 1889 Great Fire in Seattle |
| History June 06, 1909 Alaska Yukon and Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle |
| History June 06, 1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified) |
| History June 06, 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood begins |
| History June 06, 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood 1st US victory of WWI |
| History June 06, 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp |
| History June 06, 1931 Yanks turn triple play but lose 7-5 to the Indians |
| History June 06, 1932 US Federal gas tax enacted |
| History June 06, 1933 First drive-in movie theater opens |
| History June 06, 1933 1st drive-in theatre opens in Camden NJ |
| History June 06, 1933 US Employment Service created |
| History June 06, 1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game |
| History June 06, 1934 Securities & Exchange Commission established |
| History June 06, 1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ |
| History June 06, 1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched |
| History June 06, 1942 Japanese forces retreated in WW II Battle of Midway |
| History June 06, 1942 1st nylon parachute jump Hartford Ct Adeline Gray |
| History June 06, 1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower launches Operation Overlord |
| History June 06, 1944 Allies invade France |
| History June 06, 1944 D-Day invasion of Europe Allies storm Normandy France |
| History June 06, 1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV |
| History June 06, 1949 George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four is published |
| History June 06, 1964 U.S. reconnaissance jets shot down over Laos |
| History June 06, 1965 Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive homers beating White Sox 12-0 |
| History June 06, 1966 James Meredith shot |
| History June 06, 1966 Activist James Meredith shot in Mississippi |
| History June 06, 1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with 'angry alligator' |
| History June 06, 1967 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin |
| History June 06, 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station |
| History June 06, 1971 The Ed Sullivan Show airs for the very last time |
| History June 06, 1972 South Vietnamese forces clear Kontum of communist troops |
| History June 06, 1975 British voters decide to remain on Common Market |
| History June 06, 1977 Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws |
| History June 06, 1977 Vance affirms Carter's interest in human rights |
| History June 06, 1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57% |
| History June 06, 1981 Train avoids cow, but kills 600 |
| History June 06, 1982 Israel invades Lebanon to drive out PLO |
| History June 06, 1984 Indian army storms Golden Temple |
| History June 06, 1984 1 -200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India |
| History June 06, 1985 Body of Dr Josef Mengele Nazi criminal located & exhumed |
| History June 06, 1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
| History June 06, 1992 Eddie Murray sets career RBI record for a switch hitter |
| History June 06, 1997 A teenaged mother gives birth and murders her baby at the prom |
| History June 06, 1998 Sex and the City premieres on HBO |
| History June 06, 2012 transit of Venus (between Earth and Sun) occurs |
| History June 06, 2013 Swimmer turned movie star Esther Williams dies |