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June 6, 2006 Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia June 6, 2005 Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006 June 6, 2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards June 6, 1998 68th French Womens Tennis: June 6, 1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards June 6, 1995 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards June 6, 1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens June 6, 1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed June 6, 1994 Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham June 6, 1994 CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard-drugs trade June 6, 1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day June 6, 1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed June 6, 1994 Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham June 6, 1993 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America and Kiss of the Spider Woman win June 6, 1993 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63) June 6, 1993 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon June 6, 1993 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic June 6, 1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia June 6, 1993 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala June 6, 1992 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26 June 6, 1992 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8) June 6, 1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car June 6, 1992 David Bowie and model Iman marry in Switzerland June 6, 1992 New York Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter June 6, 1992 WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17, Montreal June 6, 1991 Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball June 6, 1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store June 6, 1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992 June 6, 1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley June 6, 1990 2nd International Rock Awards June 6, 1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game June 6, 1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager June 6, 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 June 6, 1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers June 6, 1988 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant June 6, 1987 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2 June 6, 1987 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86) June 6, 1987 New York Yankees play their 13,000th game June 6, 1986 Jurgen Schull sets world discus record, 74.07 m June 6, 1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself June 6, 1985 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75) June 6, 1985 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu June 6, 1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed June 6, 1985 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba June 6, 1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station June 6, 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India June 6, 1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff June 6, 1983 Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland June 6, 1983 Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 4th time June 6, 1983 Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR June 6, 1983 Nicaragua expels 3 U.S. diplomats June 6, 1983 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1 June 6, 1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO June 6, 1982 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win June 6, 1982 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64) June 6, 1982 Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY June 6, 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA McDonald 's Golf Classic June 6, 1981 113th Belmont: George Martens aboard Summing wins in 2:29 June 6, 1981 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64) June 6, 1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial June 6, 1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbledon title June 6, 1979 200th running of horse's Derby in England June 6, 1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16 June 6, 1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors June 6, 1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57 percent June 6, 1977 Washington Post reports U.S. has developed neutron bomb June 6, 1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way June 6, 1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) June 6, 1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws June 6, 1976 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2 June 6, 1976 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic June 6, 1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market June 6, 1975 Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning June 6, 1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established June 6, 1974 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte June 6, 1972 David Bowie releases "Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" June 6, 1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) June 6, 1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London June 6, 1972 U.S. bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed June 6, 1971 "Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV June 6, 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die June 6, 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City June 6, 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open June 6, 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station June 6, 1971 WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting June 6, 1971 Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning HR June 6, 1970 102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34 June 6, 1969 Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar June 6, 1968 WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting June 6, 1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza June 6, 1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi June 6, 1966 Claus Von Bulow and Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed June 6, 1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator" June 6, 1966 NFL and AFL announce their merger June 6, 1966 Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement June 6, 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational June 6, 1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0 June 6, 1964 96th Belmont: Manuel Ycaza aboard Quadrangle wins in 2:28.6 June 6, 1964 Beatles arrive in netherlands June 6, 1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums June 6, 1960 Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely" June 6, 1960 South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill June 6, 1960 Steve Allen Show," last airs on NBC-TV June 6, 1958 Ozzie Virgil is 1st black to play as a Tiger June 6, 1958 Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French June 6, 1955 Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1 June 6, 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament June 6, 1950 German DR and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border June 6, 1949 "It Pays To Be Ignorant," game Show, debut on CBS-TV June 6, 1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast June 6, 1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute June 6, 1946 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season June 6, 1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV June 6, 1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip June 6, 1945 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam June 6, 1944 Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion June 6, 1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France June 6, 1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad June 6, 1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. receives congressional medal of honor June 6, 1944 U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje June 6, 1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray June 6, 1942 74th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Shut Out wins in 2:29.2 June 6, 1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway June 6, 1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians June 6, 1941 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched June 6, 1941 Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time June 6, 1939 New York Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 home runs in 4th inning June 6, 1939 New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead June 6, 1937 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St. Louis, forfeit game June 6, 1936 40th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ June 6, 1936 68th Belmont: James Stout aboard Granville wins in 2:30 June 6, 1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey June 6, 1934 Securities and Exchange Commission established June 6, 1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game June 6, 1933 1st drive-in theater opens, Camden, New Jersey June 6, 1933 U.S. Employment Service created June 6, 1932 Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile June 6, 1932 Ijsselmeervogels soccer team forms in Spakenburg June 6, 1932 U.S. Federal gas tax enacted June 6, 1931 "There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1 June 6, 1931 Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians June 6, 1926 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms June 6, 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old June 6, 1924 28th U.S. Golf Open: Cyril Walker shoots a 297 at Oakland Hills CC Mich June 6, 1921 Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0 June 6, 1920 Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army June 6, 1919 Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910 June 6, 1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks June 6, 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I June 6, 1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage June 6, 1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway June 6, 1913 Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times June 6, 1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified June 6, 1905 French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request June 6, 1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey June 6, 1896 21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 June 6, 1896 George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic June 6, 1890 United States Polo Association forms, New York City June 6, 1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks June 6, 1885 19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43 June 6, 1885 Opera "Lakme" is produced, Paris June 6, 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 June 6, 1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, New York City June 6, 1875 Netherlands goes on the gold standard June 6, 1872 Susan B Anthony is fined for trying to vote June 6, 1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou June 6, 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD June 6, 1862 Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered June 6, 1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry June 6, 1862 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania June 6, 1861 Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers June 6, 1850 Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans June 6, 1844 Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London June 6, 1831 2nd national black convention, Philadelphia June 6, 1816 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", Krakatoa June 6, 1813 U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek June 6, 1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established June 6, 1801 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal June 6, 1797 Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic June 6, 1795 Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured June 6, 1772 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago June 6, 1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed June 6, 1744 France and Prussia sign peace treaty June 6, 1716 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana June 6, 1673 France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty June 6, 1665 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain June 6, 1664 New Amsterdam renamed New York City June 6, 1660 Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty June 6, 1654 Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism June 6, 1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill June 6, 1536 Mexico begins it's inquisition June 6, 1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) June 6, 1520 France and England sign treaty of Scotland June 6, 1513 Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois June 6, 1391 Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews June 6, 1242 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris June 6, 1002 German king Henry II the Saint crowned |