Page 6: Historical Events In June - 06

1933  On June - 06 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 June - 06.   

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

1936  On this day in history aviation gasoline first produced commercially Paulsboro NJ   

1936  40th US Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ on June - 06.   

1937  Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game on June - 06.   

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

1938  Sigmund Freud arrives in London on June - 06.   

1939  NY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning on June - 06.   

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

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

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

1941  On June - 06 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 this day in history japanese are turned back at the Battle of Midway.   

1942  On this day in history japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway   

1942  Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich on June - 06.   

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

1942  On June - 06 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)   

1943  Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74 on June - 06.   

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

1944  On June - 06 d-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

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 June - 06.   

1944  Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor on June - 06.   

1944  On this day in history baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion   

1944  Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day on June - 06.   

1944  D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France on this day in history.   

1945  "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam on June - 06.   

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 June - 06 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 this day in history.   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on June - 06.   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on June - 06.   

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

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on June - 06.   

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  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on June - 06.   

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

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

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

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

1548  On June - 06 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.