Historical Events In June - 06

1975  Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established on this day in history.   

1975  On June - 06 larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49   

1976  On June - 06 j Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London   

1977  On June - 06 supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws   

1977  Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1978  A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet & #3339 on June - 06.   

1978  On June - 06 california voters overwhelmingly approve Proposition 13, an initiative calling for major property tax cuts.   

1978  On this day in history proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%   

1979  On this day in history jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79   

1980  On June - 06 bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title   

1982  On this day in history israel invades southern Lebanon, site of Palestinian guerrilla   

1984  1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India on June - 06.   

1984  On this day in history a[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72   

1985  Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed on June - 06.   

1985  Brazilian authorities exhume the body later identified as Dr. Josef Mengele, the one responsible for many of the Nazi Holocaust atrocities during World War II on June - 06.   

1985  On June - 06 chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French)   

1985  Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station on this day in history.   

1985  On June - 06 siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54   

1986  On June - 06 kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself   

1986  Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress on this day in history.   

1988  George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989) on June - 06.   

1988  On June - 06 ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66   

1991  Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history the Canadian Supreme Court rules 6-1 that public servants can work on election campaigns; except for top bureaucrats, who must remain neutral.   

1991  On June - 06 larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60   

1992  On June - 06 larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39   

1993  On June - 06 james Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57   

1994  On June - 06 a Chinese passenger jet crashes, killing all 160 people on board.   

1994  On June - 06 in Colombia a 6.7 quake results in 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   

1994  Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1994  Paez river earthquake in Colombia killing 1,100 people on June - 06.   

1995  Imam Elissa, singer, dies at 76 on June - 06.   

1999  On June - 06 central Manitoba Railway, a subsidiary of Cando Contracting, takes over the operation of the former CN Carman sub. from m. 0.13 to m. 50.50.   

2005  Apple Computer announces in a keynote address that they would begin production of Intel-chiped Macintosh computers in 206 on June - 06.   

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1236  On June - 06 birth of wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on June - 06.   

1576  On June - 06 birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

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

1599  On June - 06 birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

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

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

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

1548  On June - 06 death of juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)   

1563  On this day in history death of ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)   

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

1671  Death of Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on June - 06.