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What happened in history on this day: June 6?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On June 6 in ...
- 1982 - The Summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held.
- 1983 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Texas Instruments introduces the TI 99/8 home computer. It features 80 kB RAM; price is expected to be under US$500.
- 1989 - IBM introduces the Interleaf desktop publishing software for DOS-based personal computers. Price is US$750-995.
- 1997 - IBM introduces Aptiva C3D computers with DVD-ROM drives. Prices range from US$1799 to US$2899.
- 2000 - At the Computex trade show, Via Technologies of Taiwan introduces the Cyrix III processor. Speeds are 533 to 667 MHz, priced between US$75 and US$160.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 1.4 GHz Athlon processor. Price is US$253 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 950 MHz Duron processor. Price is US$122 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Corel announces it has agreed to be acquired by Vector Capital, for about US$98 million.
- 2005 - In San Francisco, California, Apple Computer announces it is abandoning the PowerPC processor in favor of Intel processors for Macintosh computers. The first Intel-based Macintosh computers should be on the market by mid-2006, with PowerPC-based computers phased out by the end of 2007. Reasons given for the switch are the lack of a 3 GHz G5 processor, lack of G5 processors for portable computers, and the Intel processor future looks better for Apple computers.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Mickey Mouse film The Delivery Boy. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1944 - "Mickey Mouse" is used as the password for the Allied D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II.
- 1952 - The animated film Susie, the Little Blue Coupe is released.
- 1959 - The Submarine Voyage attraction opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland, with eight gray submarines. It cost about US$2.5 million to create. This is the first 'E' ticket attraction.
- 1962 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Big Red to theaters. The film is based on the novel by Jim Kjelgaard.
- 1974 - Buena Vista generally releases the film Herbie Rides Again to theaters in the US. The film is the sequel to the 1969 film The Love Bug.
- 1975 - The America on Parade parade begins daily performances at Walt Disney World.
- 1984 - Disney announces the agreement to buy Gibson Greetings for up to US$337.5 million in new stock.
- 1984 - The Disney purchase of Arvida is completed.
- 1984 - Ray Watson meets with Jack Wrather, owner of the Wrather Corporation, which owns the Disneyland Hotel. They discuss the possibility of Wrather selling the hotel to Disney.
- 1985 - The Bearly Asleep shop opens in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1985 - The Bearly Country shop opens in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1987 - The If You Could Fly attraction opens in Tomorrowland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
- 1990 - Sierra Leone issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters in old England roles.
- 1996 - Antigua & Barbuda issues eleven postage stamps depicting Disney characters in Jules Verne's novels.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Con Air to theaters in the USA.
- 2000 - Disney re-releases the film Pocahontas on videocassette and DVD.
- 2002 - The Café des Cascadeurs restaurant opens in Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris.
- 2005 - The June 6 issue of Business Week magazine shows the boy superhero from the film The Incredibles in articles on the 100 Best Small Companies.
- 2006 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases the live-action feature film Glory Road on DVD in the USA.
- 2010 - (to August 14) Summer Nightastic is held at Walt Disney World, with special evening events.
- 1957 - The decision of the Automobile Manufacturers Association to ban race involvement is announced. The ban on racing involvement includes not helping others, not supply pace cars, not publicize any results, not advertise any features of passenger cars that suggest speed.
- 1982 - At the Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California, the CRC Chemicals Trans-Am Championship - Round 2 race is held.
- Finishing 8th is the NEO Life #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- Finishing 16th is the Exec. Motorhome/Huffaker #24 Corvette, driven by Tom Frank.
- Finishing 17th is the Merritt Tire #79 Corvette, driven by Larry Park.
- In 24th place, but not finishing the race, is the Technequip #47 Corvette, driven by Wayne Harper.
- In 29th place, but not finishing the race, is the Euro-Petroleum #3 Corvette, driven by Tony Brassfield.
- 2009 - At Watkins Glen International the Watkins Glen 6 Hours race is held, round 5 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 10th in GT class and 24th overall is Sahlen/Nonnamaker in the #42 Team Sahlen Corvette.
- 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill proposes the development of a parachute troop corps with 5000 men.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler issues the Commissar Order, requiring the army to murder immediately all captured Red Army political commissars.
- 1942 - (1331 hours) Japanese submarine I-168 fires four torpedoes at US carrier Yorktown. One hits and sinks US destroyer Hammann, and two hit the Yorktown.
- 1942 - American planes attack Japanese cruisers Mogami and Mikuma off Midway. Mikuma sinks, and Mogami suffers heavy damage.
- 1944 - (0000-0100 hours) Pathfinders of the United States 101st Airborne Division begin parachute landing in Normandy to set up the Drop Zones for the following main force.
- 1944 - (0016 hours) Near the Orne Canal at Caen, France, a Horsa glider crash-lands with 28 men of D Company of the British 6th Airborne Division. They begin their task of taking a bridge crossing the canal.
- 1944 - (0021 hours) D Company of the British 6th Airborne Division completes securing a bridge over the Orne Canal, near Caen, France.
- 1944 - (0030 hours) The first of the British Pathfinders land in France.
- 1944 - (0050 hours) The 3rd and 5th Brigades of the British 6th Airborne Division begin landing east of Orne, to knock out the Merville battery.
- 1944 - (0200 hours) German Commanding Officer General Kraiss of the 352nd Division receives reports about paratroopers landing between Isigny and Carentan.
- 1944 - (after 0200 hours) Black-painted B-17 bombers take off from England, dropping leaflets over France warning civilians of an imminent bombardment. All planes return safely.
- 1944 - (about 0230 hours) 822 C-47 Dakota aircraft drop the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions on Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (0300 hours) American gliders begin landing in Normandy.
- 1944 - Six Canadian Bangor-class minesweepers clear a path to the coast of Normandy, for British forces.
- 1944 - Ten Canadian Bangor-class minesweepers clear a path to the coast of Normandy, for American forces.
- 1944 - (0309 hours) German coastal radar in Normandy detect the Allied invasion fleet. Shore batteries are told to prepare for an invasion. E-boats and armed trawlers are ordered into battle.
- 1944 - (0310 hours) German General Kraiss orders the Kampfgruppe Meyer division to move from south of Bayeux to the Vire estuary, believing a large number of Allied paratroopers had landed there.
- 1944 - (about 0330 hours) The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division begins attacks on Varaville.
- 1944 - (0400 hours) Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is told of the Allied airborne landings.
- 1944 - (0400 hours) Kampfgruppe Meyer, near Bayeux, is ordered to a reported large airborne landing near Isigny.
- 1944 - (about 0430 hours) German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt orders the 12th Panzer and Panzer Lehr divisions to move toward Caen, assuming there would be Allied sea landings on the Calvados and Cotentin coast.
- 1944 - (about 0435 hours) In France, the 9th Battalion of British 6th Airborne begins an assault of about 150 men against 200 Germans defending the Merville battery. It consists of four 75mm guns in four casemates on open ground.
- 1944 - (about 0455 hours) The Merville battery in France is taken by British 6th Airborne troops.
- 1944 - (0520 hours) British submarine X23 at Sword beach completes setting up an 18-foot mast with a green light, sending out radio signals and an underwater ping. The mast is to guide British landing craft.
- 1944 - (about 0520) Allied bomber planes begin dropping their loads on the coast, with German antiaircraft gunners returning fire.
- 1944 - (about 0535 hours) German coastal guns begin firing on the US fleet. Allied warships begin returning fire on them.
- 1944 - (0537 hours) German E-boats torpedo and sink Norwegian destroyer Svenner.
- 1944 - (0550 hours) German General Kraiss orders the Kampfgruppe Meyer division to halt moving to the Vire estuary, and await further orders.
- 1944 - (0550 hours) Warships off Omaha beach commence 45 minutes of pounding beach defence targets.
- 1944 - (0600 hours) British Royal Navy cruisers and battleships begin firing on northern French coastal gun positions.
- 1944 - (0600 hours) Waves of American B-24 bombers drop about 1300 tons of bombs on Omaha beach defence targets, but completely miss targets, bombing too far inland.
- 1944 - (0619 hours) British Royal Navy destroyers begin firing on coastal gun positions.
- 1944 - (0620 hours) Naval ships protecting Omaha Beach cease fire, as landing craft approach the shore.
- 1944 - (about 0620 hours) Off Utah Beach, destroyer USS Corry strikes two mines and sinks.
- 1944 - (0630 hours) American battleship Texas ceases firing on Pointe-du-Hoc, as the Ranger force is scheduled to land at this time.
- 1944 - (0630 hours) The US 1st Army begins landing on beaches code-named "Utah" and "Omaha" from the Catentia Peninsula to north-west of Bayeux.
- 1944 - (about 0630 hours) 300 men of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Division, US 1st Army, land at Utah Beach, the first company of the Allies to land. They land a mile south of their target, and encounter little opposition. Twenty-eight of 32 Dual-Drive tanks reach the beach.
- 1944 - (about 0630 hours) The first tanks come ashore at Omaha beach, between Pointe de la Percée and Port-en-Bessin.
- 1944 - (0631 hours) Company A of 116th Regiment of the US Ranger Force lands about 7-km west of the right flank of Omaha beach, below its target, Vierville. Most of the company is wiped out by intense German fire.
- 1944 - (0645 hours) Company C of the 2nd Battalion of US Ranger Force lands on the far western edge of Omaha beach. Only half of the 68 men reach the base of the cliff.
- 1944 - (0700 hours) L Company of 16th Division lands at Omaha Beach.
- 1944 - (0700 hours) Berlin radio reports landings in Normandy.
- 1944 - (about 0705 hours) Company D of 2nd Ranger Battalion begins landing at Point-du-Hoc.
- 1944 - (0710 hours) British tanks and 25-pounders on LCT landing craft begin firing on coastal gun positions.
- 1944 - (0715 hours) British air force planes drop 950 tons of bombs on Normandy beaches.
- 1944 - (0720 hours) The British 2nd Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey begins landing on the beaches "Gold", "Juno", and "Sword", toward the River Orne.
- 1944 - (0726 hours) Units of the British 50th Division begin landing at Sword beach.
- 1944 - (0730 hours) All British ships cease firing on the coast to allow landing craft to reach the shore.
- 1944 - (0730 hours) German General Alfred Jodl informs Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt that the two divisions he ordered to the Calvados and Cotentin would not be moved until Adolf Hitler woke and gave the order. Rundstedt tells the two divisions to stop moving.
- 1944 - (0730 hours) Company C of the 2nd Ranger Battalion reaches the crest of the cliff, likely the first assault unit to reach high ground on D-Day.
- 1944 - (about 0730 hours) At the base of the cliff below Point-du-Hoc, the code message "Praise the Lord" is sent by radio to American Navy ships, indicating rangers have reached the top of the cliff.
- 1944 - (0735 hours) German General Kraiss orders one battalion of Kampfgruppe Meyer division to act as a reserve unit defending the Omaha Beach area.
- 1944 - (0735 hours) The British Underwater Demolition Team and Royal Engineers begin arriving on Gold Beach.
- 1944 - (0740 hours) Companies A and B of American 2nd Ranger Battalion land on Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach.
- 1944 - (0750 hours) 5th Ranger Battalion lands on Dog White sector of Omaha Beach.
- 1944 - (0755 hours) The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division with the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and other troops from the Canadian Army begin landing on the Juno beach of Normandy, France.
- 1944 - The Canadian 8th Brigade lands on Juno beach, quickly establishing a beachhead.
- 1944 - (0800 hours) German General Kraiss orders Kampfgruppe Meyer back from Isigny to Bayeux.
- 1944 - (0805 hours) Company A of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (0815 hours) Company B of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (0830 hours) Eleven men from E Company of the American 506th PIR successfully attack 50 Germans at a battery of 105-mm guns, knocking out four of the guns.
- 1944 - (0835 hours) Company C of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (0835 hours) German General Kraiss orders two battalions of Kampfgruppe Meyer division to act as a reserve unit defending the Gold Beach area.
- 1944 - (0855 hours) Company C of the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (0900 hours) The Command group of the Canadian Regina Rifle Regiment lands at Nan Green Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (0900 hours) American Rangers complete their mission of destroying 155-mm guns at Pointe-du-Hoc, making them the first American forces on D-Day to accomplish their mission.
- 1944 - (0900 hours) German Commander Colonel Oppeln of the 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division is ordered to attack British airborne troops east of Orne, France.
- 1944 - (0930 hours) The 12th Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery begins landing.
- 1944 - (0932 hours) In London, SHAEF releases a brief communiqué from General Dwight Eisenhower, announcing the invasion of Normandy.
- 1944 - (1000 hours) German General Kraiss reports American penetrations of the 352nd division at Omaha Beach.
- 1944 - (1030 hours) In Herrlingen, Germany, General Erwin Rommel receives news of the Normandy invasion. He immediately begins a long drive to La Roche-Guyon.
- 1944 - (1030 hours) The German garrison of Varaville surrenders.
- 1944 - (1100 to 1400 hours) The American 18th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division lands on Omaha Beach.
- 1944 - The Canadian 8th Brigade takes Bernieres.
- 1944 - (shortly before noon) The Canadian 9th Brigade lands on "Juno" beach.
- 1944 - (1200 hours) The entire Canadian 3rd Division is ashore.
- 1944 - (1200 hours) German Commander Colonel Oppeln of the 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division receives new orders to pass through Caen and attack into the gap between Canadian and British forces.
- 1944 - (1300 hours) American engineers on Omaha beach complete making exit E-1 open to vehicle traffic.
- 1944 - (early afternoon) The 12th SS Hitler Youth Division begins its advance on the Normandy battlefield.
- 1944 - (1335 hours) German General Kraiss reports to the 7th Army headquarters that the American assault had been pushed back into the sea, except at Colleville.
- 1944 - (afternoon) Adolf Hitler orders V-1 attacks on London to begin.
- 1944 - The 3rd British Division advances to three miles of Caen.
- 1944 - (1400 hours) The 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division joins the 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment north of Caen.
- 1944 - (1500 hours) A group of British men of the 50th Division cross highway N-13, running from Caen to Cherbourg. This is the furthest penetration of any Allied unit during D-Day.
- 1944 - (1600 hours) American engineers complete a road path bypassing a guarded crossroad at St. Laurent.
- 1944 - (1600 hours) North of Caen, the 22nd Regiment of the German 21st Panzer Division and the 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment commence attacking a gap between British and Canadian forces, toward the sea.
- 1944 - (1600 hours) Adolf Hitler gives approval for Gerd von Rundstedt to move the 12th Panzer and Panzer Lehr divisions to Normandy. Rundstedt had wanted them moved over eleven hours earlier.
- 1944 - (1700 hours) An exit from the beach into Vierville is opened.
- 1944 - (1700 hours) German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt demands that the Allied bridgehead be wiped out that evening.
- 1944 - (about 1705 hours) German General Alfred Jodl orders from OKW that all forces be put into battle.
- 1944 - The 50th British Division advances to two miles of Bayeux.
- 1944 - (1730 hours) Kampfgruppe Meyer reaches Brazenville, south of Bayeux, intending to launch a counterattack. Instead, they defend themselves against British forces already in possession of the town.
- 1944 - (1800 hours) German General Kraiss reports to the 7th Army headquarters that Americans have infiltrated 352nd Division's strong points, but that only Colleville was in danger.
- 1944 - (1800 hours) The Canadian North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment secures St.-Aubin.
- 1944 - (about 1800 hours) One troop of Canadian 1st Hussar tanks crosses the Caen-Bayeux railway, making them the only Allied unit to reach their final objective on D-Day.
- 1944 - (1825 hours) German General Kraiss orders an engineer battalion to St.-Laurent to fight as infantry.
- 1944 - (1855 hours) For two minutes, American destroyer USS Harding fires 73 rounds on Colleville Church in France.
- 1944 - (1900 hours) American 1st Division Commanding Officer General Huebner lands on Easy Red sector of Omaha beach, and sets up his Command Post.
- 1944 - (1900 hours) The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division takes Varaville.
- 1944 - (1937 hours) For two minutes, American destroyer USS Harding fires 60 rounds on Colleville Church and surrounding area in France. 64 Americans are killed from the naval fire.
- 1944 - (2000 hours) German soldiers of the 21st Panzer Division reach the beach between Canadian and British forces, and wait for tanks to arrive. Five of the arriving tanks are blown up within a few minutes, so they dig in on the defensive.
- 1944 - (evening) The Canadian 8th Brigade takes Beny-sur-Mer on the main road to Caen.
- 1944 - (evening) The German Panzer Lehr begins moving toward the Normandy battlefield.
- 1944 - (evening) Over 1000 aircraft of British Bomber Command attack communications targets behind the Normandy battlefront.
- 1944 - Over 90 km of Normandy coastline during the day, about 155,000 Allied troops landed, incurring 11,000 casualties (2500 dead). 69,000 British soldiers landed, with about 2,000 casualties. 14,000 Canadians landed, with about 1,000 casualties, of which 350 are dead. American casualties total about 3,200.
- 1946 - Fifteen French colonies issue six common postage stamps depicting General Jacques Leclerc's column marching from Chad to the Rhine, 1942-1944.
- 1954 - Twelve French colonies issue a common postage stamp celebrating the 10th anniversary of the liberation of France.
- 1964 - France issues a postage stamp marking the 20th anniversary of liberation, depicting Allied landings in Normandy and Provence.
- 1994 - Gibraltar issues four postage stamps depicting World War II warships.
- 1994 - Great Britain issues five postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1994 - Jersey issues six postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1994 - Isle of Man issues eight postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1994 - Guernsey issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1994 - Mali issues fifteen postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1994 - Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1994 - The United States issues ten postage stamps marking World War II in 1944.
- 1995 - Gibraltar issues four postage stamps depicting World War II warships.
- 2004 - Canada issues a postage stamp marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 2004 - Gibraltar issues four postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
- 2004 - Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
- 2012 - Czech Republic issues two postage stamps commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Lezáky Massacre and the Lidice Massacre.
- 1982 - At the Summer CES, 20th Century-Fox Film announces its entry into the video game industry, by forming a new division to create software for the Atari VCS game system.
- 2002 - Electronic Arts releases the Medal of Honor: Frontline video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2006 - Midway releases the MLB SlugFest 2006 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - The Entertainment Software Association files a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota in Minnesota Federal District Court, to overturn a new bill that would fine children and teens for buying or renting mature or adults-only games.
- 2007 - Namco Bandai releases the Pac Man Championship Edition video game on the Xbox Live online service. The game was personally designed by Toru Iwatani, who designed the original Pac-Man arcade game.
- 1523 - In Strängnäs, at Whitsuntide, a Riksdag meets, attended by delegates from Lübeck. Gustav Eriksson Vasa is elected King of Sweden.
- 1523 - Gustav Eriksson enters Stockholm.
- 1654 - At the Riksdag in Uppsala Castle, Queen Kristina abdicates the throne. Her crown and coronation robe are removed.
- 1654 - Karl Gustav is declared new king, King Karl X Gustav.
- 1809 - The new draft constitution is accepted by Duke Karl, who is then declared King Karl XIII. In the constitution, the king is the head of the executive, who appoints members of a council of nine of which only two of the king's ministers (foreign affairs and justice) must be members; all council members are responsible to the Riksdag; a Riksdag is to be called at least once in 5 years; the Riksdag can reject the budget, and veto legislation; freedom of press and worship are guaranteed; an ombudsman elected by the Estates is established to investigate complaints of abuse of power by public servants.
- 2003 - The ship Götheborg III is launched, a re-creation of the ship that sank in 1745.
- 2005 - Sweden officially celebrates its Swedish Flag Day as a national holiday for the first time. On this day in 1523, Gustav Vasa ascended to the Swedish throne, ending Danish rule.
- 2007 - Povel Ramel, Swedish writer/singer/musician/songwriter/comedian, dies at age 85.
- 2002 - A & W Restaurants first uses a drawing with text "THICKSTER" as applied to sandwiches.
- 1919 - Assent is given to an Act to amend the Currency Act, 1910, setting the weight of the 1c coin at 50 grains.
- 1975 - Yvon Gariepy is appointed Master of the Mint, effective June 15.
- 1996 - The Royal Canadian Mint announces that Altrista and Lasalle of the United States will produce copper-plated zinc blanks for Canada's 1c coins.
- 1979 - Representative Jack B. Brooks of Texas introduces legislation to eliminate the coin Assay Commission.
- 1988 - The book Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins is published.
- 1890 - United States Polo Association is formed, in New York City.
- 1919 - Man O' War wins first victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont.
- 1931 - New York Yankees turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to the Cleveland Indians.
- 1934 - New York Yankees' player Myrl Hoag hits six singles in one game.
- 1937 - Philadelphia Phillies, trailing 8-2 to Saint Louis Cardinals, forfeit game.
- 1946 - The 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule first season.
- 1976 - Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns for NBA championship, 4 games to 2.
- 1977 - Doobie Brothers sponser a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way.
- 1979 - 200th running of horse-racing's Derby in England.
- 1979 - Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors.
- 1980 - Björn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title.
- 1985 - Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French).
- 1986 - Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of the North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself.
- 1988 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom strips jockey Lester Piggott of his Order of the British Empire following his jailing for tax irregularities.
- 1990 - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankees' manager.
- 2006 - On the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of the century, the Los Angeles Dodgers score six runs in the sixth inning during the sixth game of the homestand.
- 2007 - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeat the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.
- 2007 - At Petco Park, San Diego Padres' pitcher Trevor Hoffman becomes the first reliever to save 500 games.
- 2009 - Svetlana Kuznetsova beats fellow Russian Dinara Safina (6-4 6-2) to win the French Open tennis tournament in Paris.
- 2010 - Rafael Nadal win the French Open of tennis for the fifth time defeating Robin Soderling in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL Western Conference Final, game 4: Colorado Avalanche defeats Edmonton Oilers by score 6-5, winning series 4-0.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats San Diego Padres by score 11-5.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Los Angeles Angels by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Kansas City Royals by score 8-0.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Houston Astros by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 7-0.
- 1924 - S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #1031 Arctica.
- 1931 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1210 Morosovia.
- 1953 - J Churms discovers asteroid #2025.
- 1971 - Soyuz 11 takes three cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station.
- 1978 - A Mrkos discovers asteroids #2199 Klet and #3339.
- 1985 - Soyuz T-13 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station.
- 1995 - U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
- 1816 - 10 inches of snowfall in New England, USA; the "year without a summer" (due to volcano Krakatoa).
- 1882 - Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000.
- 2007 - Twelve people are killed by cyclone Gonu in Oman.
- 1813 - US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ontario).
- 1816 - 10 inches of snowfall in New England, USA; the "year without a summer" (due to volcano Krakatoa).
- 1862 - CSA General Turner Ashby is killed near Harrisonburg, Virginia, CSA.
- 1862 - Battle of Memphis, Tennessee - the city is surrendered.
- 1882 - Electric iron patented in USA by Henry W. Seely of New York City.
- 1889 - Great Fire in Seattle, Washington destroys 25 downtown blocks.
- 1890 - United States Polo Association is formed, in New York City.
- 1904 - National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- 1912 - Novarupta in Alaska begins erupting, resulting in the second largest volcanic eruption in historic time.
- 1918 - Battle of Belleau Wood, first US victory of the Great War.
- 1925 - Walter Percy Chrysler founds the Chrysler Corporation.
- 1932 - US Federal gas tax enacted.
- 1933 - Richard Hollingshead opens the first drive-in cinema, in Camden, New Jersey, on a 10-acre site, with room for 400 cars. The screen is 40 by 30 feet.
- 1933 - US Employment Service created.
- 1934 - Securities and Exchange Commission is established.
- 1936 - Aviation gasoline first produced commercially, in Paulsboro, New Jersey.
- 1941 - First US navy vessel constructed as mine-layer, Terror launched.
- 1942 - The Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins printing Series 1934 $5 "HAWAII" emergency Federal Reserve notes.
- 1942 - First nylon parachute jump (Adeline Gray in Hartford, Connecticut).
- 1944 - (0000-0100 hours) Pathfinders of the United States 101st Airborne Division begin parachute landing in Normandy to set up the Drop Zones for the following main force.
- 1944 - (about 0230 hours) 822 C-47 Dakota aircraft drop the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions on Normandy, France.
- 1944 - (about 0630 hours) 300 men of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Division, US 1st Army, land at Utah Beach, the first company of the Allies to land. They land a mile south of their target, and encounter little opposition. Twenty-eight of 32 Dual-Drive tanks reach the beach.
- 1944 - (about 0630 hours) The first tanks come ashore at Omaha beach, between Pointe de la Percée and Port-en-Bessin.
- 1944 - Theodore Roosevelt Junior receives congressional Medal of Honor.
- 1944 - Over 90 km of Normandy coastline during the day, about 155,000 Allied troops land, incurring 11,000 casualties (2500 dead). 69,000 British soldiers land, with about 2,000 casualties. 14,000 Canadians land, with about 1,000 casualties, of which 350 are dead. American casualties total about 3,200.
- 1957 - The decision of the Automobile Manufacturers Association (in the USA) to ban race involvement is announced. The ban on racing involvement includes not helping others, not supply pace cars, not publicize any results, not advertise any features of passenger cars that suggest speed.
- 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy (Senator-Democrat-New York), dies of gunshot wounds at age 42 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Sirham Bishara Sirham is called the lone gunman, but three shots from behind Kennedy at upward angle, fatal shot behind right ear at point blank range. Sirhan was in front. 14 bullets fired.
- 1971 - Air West flight 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over Los Angeles, 50 die.
- 1977 - Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Mississippi).
- 1977 - US Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws.
- 1978 - California voters approve Proposition 13, which slashes property taxes nearly 60 percent.
- 1988 - US Presidential candidate George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II.
- 1995 - U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard breaks NASA's space endurance record of 14 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes, aboard the Russian space station Mir.
- 2007 - The Anaheim Mighty Ducks defeat the Ottawa Senators 4 games to 1 to win the NHL's Stanley Cup.
- 2013 - American Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country.
Other history:
- 1889 - Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks.
- 1967 - Six day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begins.
- 1984 - 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India.
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