Historical Events In June - 06

1933  US Employment Service created on this day in history.   

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

1937  On June - 06 phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game   

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

1939  On this day in history ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65   

1940  On June - 06 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  The first US navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched on June - 06.   

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  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  On June - 06 the first nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  On June - 06 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  Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces on June - 06.   

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

1944  Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion on June - 06.   

1944  Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history d-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France   

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

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

1946  Henry Morgan is first to take off shirt on TV on this day in history.   

1946  11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season on June - 06.   

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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  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

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

1580  Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) was born on June - 06.   

1599  On this day in history birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

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  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  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on June - 06.   

1548  On this day in history 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  On June - 06 death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  On this day in history death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed