Page 6: Historical Events In June - 06

1933  On June - 06 uS Employment Service created   

1933  On June - 06 1st drive-in theater opens (Camden NJ)   

1934  Securities & Exchange Commission established on June - 06.   

1934  On this day in history the Securities and Exchange Commission is established.   

1935  Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1936  Aviation gasoline first produced commercially Paulsboro NJ on June - 06.   

1936  40th US Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ on this day in history.   

1937  Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game on this day in history.   

1937  Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26 on June - 06.   

1938  Sigmund Freud arrives in London on this day in history.   

1939  NY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning on this day in history.   

1939  Ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history hMS WRESTLER, damaged off Normandy beaches, northern France in English Channel by German mine.   

1940  On this day in history e E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56   

1941  On this day in history the first US navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched   

1941  On June - 06 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched   

1942  On June - 06 japanese are turned back at the Battle of Midway.   

1942  On June - 06 japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway   

1942  On June - 06 nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich   

1942  The first nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray) on June - 06.   

1942  On this day in history 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)   

1943  Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1944  Allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II on this day in history.   

1944  D-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France on June - 06.   

1944  On this day in history hanna Senesz, a Jewish girl originally from Hungary, who had immigrated to Palestine, parachutes behind German lines to connect with Hungarian and Slovak resistance fighters. Caught on the Hungarian border, she dies knowing that her mission has given strength to those suffering in the camps.   

1944  On June - 06 invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces   

1944  On June - 06 theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor   

1944  On June - 06 baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion   

1944  On June - 06 danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day   

1944  D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France on June - 06.   

1945  "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1945  On June - 06 meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide   

1946  On June - 06 henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV   

1946  On this day in history 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

1436  On June - 06 birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  On June - 06 birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  On June - 06 birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)   

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On June - 06 birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on June - 06.   

1606  On this day in history birth of pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

0840  Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies on June - 06.   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on June - 06.   

1393  Death of Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359) on this day in history.   

1480  On this day in history death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on this day in history.   

1563  On June - 06 death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)   

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on this day in history.   

1671  On June - 06 death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed