Historical Events In June - 06

1933  On this day in history uS Employment Service created   

1933  On this day in history 1st drive-in theater opens (Camden NJ)   

1934  Securities & Exchange Commission established on June - 06.   

1934  The Securities and Exchange Commission is established on this day in history.   

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

1936  On June - 06 aviation gasoline first produced commercially Paulsboro NJ   

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  On June - 06 jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26   

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

1939  On June - 06 nY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning   

1939  On June - 06 ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65   

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

1940  On June - 06 e E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56   

1941  The first US navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched on this day in history.   

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

1942  Japanese are turned back at the Battle of Midway on this day in history.   

1942  Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway on this day in history.   

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

1943  On June - 06 karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74   

1944  On June - 06 allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II.   

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

1944  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 on this day in history.   

1944  Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces on this day in history.   

1944  Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor on this day in history.   

1944  Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion on this day in history.   

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  On June - 06 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam   

1945  On this day in history meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide   

1946  On this day in history 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   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.   

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

1502  On this day in history birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  On this day in history birth of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)   

1576  On this day in history birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

1580  On this day in history birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

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

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.   

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  On this day in history norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

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

1480  On June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  On this day in history death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

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

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on June - 06.   

1671  Death of Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on this day in history.