Today in history, 6 june
eduguru 0 Comments 000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France, 000 inhabitants of Bombay are supposedly killed in the so-called 'Bombay Cyclone of 1882', 1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara, 1523 – Gustav Vasa, 1586 – Francis Drake's forces raid St, 1644 – The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty, 1654 – Queen Christina abdicates the Swedish throne and is succeeded by her cousin Charles X Gustav, 1674 – Shivaji, 1749 – The Conspiracy of the Slaves in Malta is discovered, 1762 – Seven Years' War: British forces begin a siege of Havana, 1808 – Napoleon's brother, 1809 – Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, 1813 – War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler, 1822 – Alexis St, 1832 – The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard, 1844 – The Glaciarium, 1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London, 1857 – Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden–Norway, 1859 – Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day), 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, 1882 – More than 100, 1882 – The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo, 1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle, 1892 – The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation, 1894 – Governor Davis H, 1909 – French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire, 1912 – The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, 1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood: The U, 1919 – The Republic of Prekmurje ends, 1921 – Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary, 1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, 1933 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, 1934 – New Deal: The U, 1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater, 1942 – World War II: Battle of Midway, 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Normandy begins, 913 – Emperor Alexander III dies of exhaustion while playing the game tzykanion (Byzantine name for polo), a.k.a. Operation Neptune, and temporarily capture the city in the Battle of Havana, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River, Anglican Church of Melanesia), at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1⁄4¢/L) sold, At the same time, Augustine in Spanish Florida, but this has proved a hoax and did not happen, Charles XIII is elected to succeed Gustav IV Adolf as King of Sweden, Christian feast day, Claude the Thaumaturge, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155, creating the first gas tax in the United States, Cuba, D-Day, Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored, Engineer's Day (Taiwan), Episcopal Church, establishing the U, forcing the French to abandon Milan, founder of the Maratha Empire, from the Confederates, Gottschalk, He is succeeded by his 8-year-old nephew Constantine VII, Ini Kopuria (Church of England, is crowned, is crowned King of Spain, is declared legally dead, is elected King of Sweden, It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, Joseph Bonaparte, June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), known as the "Missingest Man in New York", Korean Children’s Union Foundation Day (North Korea), leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion, Marcellin Champagnat, Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, marks the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union. (Sweden), Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, Memorial Day (South Korea), National Day, National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day (United States), Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers, New Jersey, Norbert of Xanten, Normandy landings of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (D-Day), opens, part of Operation Overlord (1944), President Franklin D, Queensland Day (Queensland), Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, s, Securities and Exchange Commission, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, Teachers' Day (Bolivia), Tennessee, The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history, The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, the Swedish regent, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, This is the Swedish national day, U, UN Russian Language Day (United Nations), United States, Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of enlightened absolutism
Today in history, 6 june June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the
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