Monday, June 06, 2005

Monday, June 6

This Day In History

  • 1799   American orator Patrick Henry died in Charlotte County, Va.
  • 1844   The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.
  • 1904   The National Tuberculosis Association was formed in Atlantic City, NJ.
  • 1925   Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corp.
  • 1932   The first U.S. federal tax on gasoline was enacted. The rate was a penny per gallon.
  • 1933   The first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, N.J.
  • 1934   The Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
  • 1942   Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway.
  • 1944   This was D-Day, the day thousands of Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France.
  • 1966   Black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.
  • 1968   Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
  • 1978   California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.
  • 1982   Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country.
  • 1985   Authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the ''Angel of Death'' of the Nazi Holocaust.
  • 1989   Burial services were held for Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
  • 1990   A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ruled that the 2 Live Crew album ''As Nasty As They Wanna Be'' was obscene. The decision was overturned on appeal.
  • 2001   Democrats assumed control of the U.S. Senate when Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become an independent.
Happy Birthday To
  • 1755   Nathan Hale (American patriot & Revolutionary War military officer: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”)
  • 1955   Sandra Bernhard (comedienne, actress)
  • 1956   Bjorn Borg (tennis champ: French Open [1974-1975, 1978-1981], Wimbledon [1976-1980])

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