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| June 6th, 2008 (June 06 2008) | Event | The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 394 points after the price of a barrel of oil rose over $10 to $139 and unemployment rose .5% to 5.5%. | |
| June 6th, 2006 (June 06 2006) | Death | Billy Preston, American musician (born in 1946) | |
| June 6th, 2006 (June 06 2006) | Death | Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist (born in 1952) | |
| June 6th, 2006 (June 06 2006) | Death | Arnold Newman, American photographer (born in 1918) | |
| June 6th, 2005 (June 06 2005) | Event | The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich. | |
| June 6th, 2005 (June 06 2005) | Death | Anne Bancroft, American actress (born in 1931) | Anne Bancroft Quotes |
| June 6th, 2005 (June 06 2005) | Death | Dana Elcar, American actor (born in 1927) | |
| June 6th, 2004 (June 06 2004) | Event | Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament. | |
| June 6th, 2003 (June 06 2003) | Death | Ken Grimwood, American writer (born in 1944) | |
| June 6th, 2003 (June 06 2003) | Death | Dave Rowberry, British musician (The Animals) (born in 1940) | |
| June 6th, 2002 (June 06 2002) | Event | Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb. | Saki Quotes |
| June 6th, 2002 (June 06 2002) | Death | Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (born in 1959) | |
| June 6th, 2000 (June 06 2000) | Death | Frederic Dard, French writer (born in 1921) | |
| June 6th, 1999 (June 06 1999) | Event | In Australian Rules Football, Tony Lockett breaks the record for career goals, previously 1299 by Gordon Coventry and which had stood since 1937. | |
| June 6th, 1999 (June 06 1999) | Event | At the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate in the largest jailbreak in Brazilian history, marking the 10th escape for the three-year-old facility. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed. | |
| June 6th, 1999 (June 06 1999) | Death | Anne Haddy, Australian actress (born in 1930) | |
| June 6th, 1996 (June 06 1996) | Death | George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (born in 1903) | |
| June 6th, 1994 (June 06 1994) | Death | Mark McManus, Scottish actor (Taggart) (born in 1935) | |
| June 6th, 1994 (June 06 1994) | Death | Barry Sullivan, American actor (born in 1912) | |
| June 6th, 1993 (June 06 1993) | Event | Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections. | |
| June 6th, 1992 (June 06 1992) | Death | Larry Riley, American actor (born in 1952) | |
| June 6th, 1991 (June 06 1991) | Death | Stan Getz, American musician (born in 1927) | |
| June 6th, 1990 (June 06 1990) | Event | U.S. District court judge Jose Gonzales rules that the rap album As Nasty As They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew violates Florida s obscenity law; he declares that the predominant subject matter of the record is "directed to the dirty thoughts and the loins, not to the intellect and the mind." | |
| June 6th, 1987 (June 06 1987) | Birth | Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician | |
| June 6th, 1987 (June 06 1987) | Birth | Daniel Logan, New Zealand actor | |
| June 6th, 1987 (June 06 1987) | Birth | Rubin Okotie, Austrian footballer | |
| June 6th, 1986 (June 06 1986) | Death | Bhavana Balachandran, Indian actress | |
| June 6th, 1985 (June 06 1985) | Event | The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is exhumed in Embu, Brazil; the remains found are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz s "Angel of Death". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February, 1979. | Josef Mengele Quotes |
| June 6th, 1985 (June 06 1985) | Birth | Drew Galloway, Scottish professional wrestler | |
| June 6th, 1984 (June 06 1984) | Event | The Indian Army attacks the Golden Temple in Amritsar following an order from Indira Gandhi. Official casualties are 576 combatants killed and 335 wounded; independent observers estimate that thousands of unarmed Sikh civilians are also killed in the crossfire. A total death count adds up to almost 6,000. | Indira Gandhi Quotes |
| June 6th, 1984 (June 06 1984) | Birth | Noor Sabri, Iraqi footballplayer | |
| June 6th, 1984 (June 06 1984) | Birth | Shannon Stewart, American model | |
| June 6th, 1984 (June 06 1984) | Death | A. Bertram Chandler, Australian author (born in 1912) | |
| June 6th, 1983 (June 06 1983) | Birth | Gemma Bissix, British actress | |
| June 6th, 1983 (June 06 1983) | Birth | Gianna Michaels, American porn actress | |
| June 6th, 1982 (June 06 1982) | Event | 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. | |
| June 6th, 1982 (June 06 1982) | Death | Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (born in 1905) | Kenneth Rexroth Quotes |
| June 6th, 1981 (June 06 1981) | Event | A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed. | |
| June 6th, 1981 (June 06 1981) | Birth | Johnny Pacar, American film actor | |
| June 6th, 1981 (June 06 1981) | Death | Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (born in 1904) | |
| June 6th, 1980 (June 06 1980) | Birth | Matt Belisle, American baseball player | |
| June 6th, 1980 (June 06 1980) | Birth | Martin Devaney, English footballer | |
| June 6th, 1979 (June 06 1979) | Death | Jack Haley, American actor (born in 1898) | |
| June 6th, 1978 (June 06 1978) | Birth | Carl Barat, English musician (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things) | |
| June 6th, 1978 (June 06 1978) | Birth | Judith Barsi, American actress (died in 1988) | |
| June 6th, 1978 (June 06 1978) | Birth | Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer | |
| June 6th, 1977 (June 06 1977) | Event | Apple Computer s first mass produced microcomputer product, the Apple II goes on sale. | |
| June 6th, 1977 (June 06 1977) | Birth | David Connolly, Irish footballer | |
| June 6th, 1977 (June 06 1977) | Birth | Bryn Williams, Welsh chef | |
| June 6th, 1976 (June 06 1976) | Birth | aKido, Canadian musician | |
| June 6th, 1976 (June 06 1976) | Birth | Ross Noble, British comedian | |
| June 6th, 1976 (June 06 1976) | Birth | Geoff Rowley, British skateboarder | |
| June 6th, 1976 (June 06 1976) | Death | J. Paul Getty, American industrialist (born in 1892) | |
| June 6th, 1976 (June 06 1976) | Death | Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (born in 1891) | |
| June 6th, 1975 (June 06 1975) | Birth | Cheer Chen, Taiwanese singer and musician | |
| June 6th, 1975 (June 06 1975) | Birth | Nina Kaczorowski, American actress | |
| June 6th, 1975 (June 06 1975) | Birth | Staci Keanan, American actress | |
| June 6th, 1975 (June 06 1975) | Birth | Niklas Sundstrom, hockey player | |
| June 6th, 1975 (June 06 1975) | Death | Larry Blyden, American actor (born in 1925) | |
| June 6th, 1974 (June 06 1974) | Event | A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy. | |
| June 6th, 1974 (June 06 1974) | Birth | Danny Strong, American actor | |
| June 6th, 1974 (June 06 1974) | Birth | Sonya Walger, British actress | |
| June 6th, 1973 (June 06 1973) | Birth | Kat Swift, US Presidential Candidate (Green Party) | |
| June 6th, 1972 (June 06 1972) | Birth | Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer (Lacuna Coil) | |
| June 6th, 1971 (June 06 1971) | Event | Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches. | |
| June 6th, 1971 (June 06 1971) | Event | A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives. | Ted Hughes Quotes |
| June 6th, 1970 (June 06 1970) | Birth | Eugeni Berzin, Russian cyclist | |
| June 6th, 1970 (June 06 1970) | Birth | Sarah Dessen, American author | |
| June 6th, 1970 (June 06 1970) | Birth | Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer | |
| June 6th, 1970 (June 06 1970) | Birth | Anthony Norris, American professional wrestler | |
| June 6th, 1970 (June 06 1970) | Birth | James Shaffer, American rock musician (Korn) | |
| June 6th, 1968 (June 06 1968) | Event | Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night. | Robert F. Kennedy Quotes |
| June 6th, 1968 (June 06 1968) | Birth | Francois Avard, Canadian writer and scenarist | |
| June 6th, 1968 (June 06 1968) | Birth | Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist | |
| June 6th, 1968 (June 06 1968) | Death | Robert F. Kennedy, United States Attorney General and Senator (born in 1925) | Robert F. Kennedy Quotes |
| June 6th, 1968 (June 06 1968) | Death | Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill (born in 1911) | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| June 6th, 1967 (June 06 1967) | Birth | Paul Giamatti, American actor | |
| June 6th, 1967 (June 06 1967) | Birth | Max Casella, American actor | |
| June 6th, 1966 (June 06 1966) | Event | James Meredith, civil rights activist, is shot while trying to march across Mississippi. | |
| June 6th, 1966 (June 06 1966) | Birth | Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer | |
| June 6th, 1966 (June 06 1966) | Birth | Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie) | |
| June 6th, 1965 (June 06 1965) | Birth | Cam Neely, Canadian hockey player | |
| June 6th, 1964 (June 06 1964) | Event | Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume. | The Rock Quotes |
| June 6th, 1963 (June 06 1963) | Birth | Wolfgang Drechsler, German social scientist | |
| June 6th, 1963 (June 06 1963) | Birth | Jason Isaacs, English actor | |
| June 6th, 1962 (June 06 1962) | Death | Yves Klein, French artist (born in 1928) | |
| June 6th, 1961 (June 06 1961) | Birth | Bill Bates, American football player | |
| June 6th, 1961 (June 06 1961) | Birth | Tom Araya, Chilean musician (Slayer) | Tom Araya Quotes |
| June 6th, 1961 (June 06 1961) | Birth | Nir Brand, Israeli composer | |
| June 6th, 1961 (June 06 1961) | Birth | Aldo Costa, Italian engineer | |
| June 6th, 1961 (June 06 1961) | Death | Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (born in 1875) | Carl Jung Quotes |
| June 6th, 1960 (June 06 1960) | Birth | Gary Graham, American actor | |
| June 6th, 1960 (June 06 1960) | Birth | Lola Forner, Spanish actress | |
| June 6th, 1960 (June 06 1960) | Birth | Jozef Pribilinec, Slovak athlete | |
| June 6th, 1960 (June 06 1960) | Birth | Steve Vai, American musician | |
| June 6th, 1959 (June 06 1959) | Birth | Jimmy Jam, American record producer | |
| June 6th, 1959 (June 06 1959) | Birth | Colin Quinn, American comedian | |
| June 6th, 1959 (June 06 1959) | Birth | David Schultz, American wrestler (died in 1996) | |
| June 6th, 1959 (June 06 1959) | Birth | Georgios Voulgarakis, Greek politician | |
| June 6th, 1957 (June 06 1957) | Birth | Mike Gatting, English cricketer | |
| June 6th, 1956 (June 06 1956) | Event | David Marshall, Singapore s first Chief Minister, resigns. | |
| June 6th, 1956 (June 06 1956) | Birth | Bjorn Borg, Swedish tennis player | |
| June 6th, 1956 (June 06 1956) | Birth | Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriter | |
| June 6th, 1955 (June 06 1955) | Birth | Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian | Sandra Bernhard Quotes |
| June 6th, 1955 (June 06 1955) | Death | Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (born in 1875) | |
| June 6th, 1954 (June 06 1954) | Birth | Cynthia Rylant, American author | |
| June 6th, 1953 (June 06 1953) | Birth | Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician | |
| June 6th, 1952 (June 06 1952) | Birth | Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra) | |
| June 6th, 1952 (June 06 1952) | Birth | Harvey Fierstein, American actor | Harvey Fierstein Quotes |
| June 6th, 1952 (June 06 1952) | Birth | Jean Hamel, Canadian hockey player | |
| June 6th, 1951 (June 06 1951) | Birth | Noritake Takahara, Japanese racing driver | |
| June 6th, 1951 (June 06 1951) | Death | Olive Tell, American actress (born in 1894) | |
| June 6th, 1950 (June 06 1950) | Event | Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized. | |
| June 6th, 1950 (June 06 1950) | Birth | Chantal Akerman, Belgian film director | |
| June 6th, 1949 (June 06 1949) | Birth | Robert Englund, American actor | |
| June 6th, 1949 (June 06 1949) | Birth | Holly Near, American folksinger | |
| June 6th, 1948 (June 06 1948) | Birth | Tony Levin, American bassist (King Crimson) | |
| June 6th, 1948 (June 06 1948) | Birth | Richard Sinclair, English musician (Caravan) | |
| June 6th, 1948 (June 06 1948) | Death | Louis Lumiere, French movie pioneer (born in 1864) | |
| June 6th, 1947 (June 06 1947) | Birth | David Blunkett, English politician | |
| June 6th, 1947 (June 06 1947) | Birth | Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer | |
| June 6th, 1946 (June 06 1946) | Event | The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City. | |
| June 6th, 1946 (June 06 1946) | Event | Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Argentina. | |
| June 6th, 1946 (June 06 1946) | Death | Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1862) | |
| June 6th, 1945 (June 06 1945) | Birth | David E. Bonior, American politician | |
| June 6th, 1945 (June 06 1945) | Birth | David Dukes, American actor (died in 2000) | |
| June 6th, 1944 (June 06 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. | |
| June 6th, 1944 (June 06 1944) | Event | Alaska Airlines commences operations. | |
| June 6th, 1944 (June 06 1944) | Birth | David Penhaligon, British politician | |
| June 6th, 1944 (June 06 1944) | Birth | Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| June 6th, 1943 (June 06 1943) | Birth | Ken Hatfield, former N.C.A.A. Football Head Coach | |
| June 6th, 1943 (June 06 1943) | Birth | Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| June 6th, 1941 (June 06 1941) | Birth | Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist | |
| June 6th, 1941 (June 06 1941) | Death | Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer (born in 1878) | |
| June 6th, 1940 (June 06 1940) | Birth | Larry Lujack, American disc jockey | |
| June 6th, 1939 (June 06 1939) | Event | German dictator Adolf Hitler gives a public address to returning German volunteers who fought as Legion Kondor during the Spanish Civil War. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| June 6th, 1939 (June 06 1939) | Birth | Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer | |
| June 6th, 1939 (June 06 1939) | Birth | Gary U.S. Bonds, American musician | |
| June 6th, 1939 (June 06 1939) | Birth | Ed Giacomin, hockey player | |
| June 6th, 1938 (June 06 1938) | Birth | Prince Luis of Orleans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne | |
| June 6th, 1936 (June 06 1936) | Birth | Levi Stubbs, American musician (The Four Tops) | |
| June 6th, 1936 (June 06 1936) | Birth | A. Venkatesh Naik, Indian politician | |
| June 6th, 1935 (June 06 1935) | Death | Julian Byng, British army officer (born in 1862) | Julian Quotes |
| June 6th, 1934 (June 06 1934) | Event | New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Judge Joseph Crater is declared dead in absentia. | |
| June 6th, 1934 (June 06 1934) | Birth | King Albert II of Belgium | |
| June 6th, 1934 (June 06 1934) | Birth | Roy Innis, American civil rights activist | |
| June 6th, 1934 (June 06 1934) | Death | Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (born in 1864) | |
| June 6th, 1933 (June 06 1933) | Event | The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States. | |
| June 6th, 1933 (June 06 1933) | Birth | Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| June 6th, 1932 (June 06 1932) | Event | The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ?/L) sold. | |
| June 6th, 1932 (June 06 1932) | Birth | David Scott, American astronaut | |
| June 6th, 1929 (June 06 1929) | Birth | Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (died in 2005) | |
| June 6th, 1926 (June 06 1926) | Birth | Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (died in 1998) | |
| June 6th, 1925 (June 06 1925) | Event | The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. | |
| June 6th, 1924 (June 06 1924) | Birth | Jinyong, Chinese novelist | |
| June 6th, 1923 (June 06 1923) | Birth | V. C. Andrews, American author (died in 1986) | |
| June 6th, 1922 (June 06 1922) | Death | Lillian Russell, American actress (born in 1860) | |
| June 6th, 1921 (June 06 1921) | Event | The Southwark Bridge in London, is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary. | |
| June 6th, 1919 (June 06 1919) | Event | The Republic of Prekmurje ends. | |
| June 6th, 1918 (June 06 1918) | Event | World War I: Battle of Belleau WoodThe U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day s casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry. | |
| June 6th, 1918 (June 06 1918) | Birth | Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| June 6th, 1917 (June 06 1917) | Birth | Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman | |
| June 6th, 1916 (June 06 1916) | Birth | Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (died in 1972) | |
| June 6th, 1916 (June 06 1916) | Death | Yuan Shikai, Chinese military officer and politician (born in 1859) | |
| June 6th, 1915 (June 06 1915) | Birth | Vincent Persichetti, American composer (died in 1987) | |
| June 6th, 1913 (June 06 1913) | Birth | Carlo L. Golino, American scholar (died in 1991) | |
| June 6th, 1912 (June 06 1912) | Event | The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. | |
| June 6th, 1907 (June 06 1907) | Birth | Bill Dickey, American baseball player (died in 1993) | |
| June 6th, 1906 (June 06 1906) | Event | Paris Metro Line 5 is inaugurated with a first section from Place d Italie to the Gare d Orleans (today known as Gare d Austerlitz). | |
| June 6th, 1906 (June 06 1906) | Birth | Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (died in 1993) | |
| June 6th, 1903 (June 06 1903) | Birth | Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (died in 1978) | |
| June 6th, 1902 (June 06 1902) | Birth | Jimmie Lunceford, American bandleader (died in 1947) | |
| June 6th, 1901 (June 06 1901) | Birth | Sukarno, first President of Indonesia (died in 1970) | |
| June 6th, 1900 (June 06 1900) | Birth | Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (died in 1957) | |
| June 6th, 1898 (June 06 1898) | Birth | Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer (died in 2001) | |
| June 6th, 1898 (June 06 1898) | Birth | Walter Abel, American actor (died in 1987) | |
| June 6th, 1896 (June 06 1896) | Birth | Henry Allingham, English first world war veteran | |
| June 6th, 1894 (June 06 1894) | Event | Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners strike. | |
| June 6th, 1892 (June 06 1892) | Birth | Donald F. Duncan Sr., American entrepreneur (died in 1971) | |
| June 6th, 1891 (June 06 1891) | Death | John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1815) | |
| June 6th, 1890 (June 06 1890) | Birth | Ted Lewis, American bandleader (died in 1971) | |
| June 6th, 1889 (June 06 1889) | Event | The Great Seattle Fire destroys the entirety of downtown Seattle, Washington. | |
| June 6th, 1882 (June 06 1882) | Event | More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour. | |
| June 6th, 1882 (June 06 1882) | Event | The Shewan forces of Menelik defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and heir victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River. | |
| June 6th, 1881 (June 06 1881) | Death | Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (born in 1820) | |
| June 6th, 1878 (June 06 1878) | Death | Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (born in 1790) | |
| June 6th, 1875 (June 06 1875) | Birth | Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1955) | Thomas Mann Quotes |
| June 6th, 1872 (June 06 1872) | Birth | Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (died in 1918) | |
| June 6th, 1868 (June 06 1868) | Birth | Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (died in 1912) | |
| June 6th, 1867 (June 06 1867) | Birth | David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder (died in 1931) | |
| June 6th, 1865 (June 06 1865) | Death | William Quantrill, American Confederate raider (born in 1837) | |
| June 6th, 1862 (June 06 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of MemphisUnion forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates. | |
| June 6th, 1862 (June 06 1862) | Birth | Henry John Newbolt, English author (died in 1938) | |
| June 6th, 1861 (June 06 1861) | Death | Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (born in 1810) | |
| June 6th, 1859 (June 06 1859) | Event | Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day). | |
| June 6th, 1857 (June 06 1857) | Event | Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway. | |
| June 6th, 1857 (June 06 1857) | Birth | Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (died in 1918) | |
| June 6th, 1850 (June 06 1850) | Birth | Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1918) | |
| June 6th, 1844 (June 06 1844) | Event | The Young Men s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London. | |
| June 6th, 1844 (June 06 1844) | Birth | Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (died in 1905) | |
| June 6th, 1843 (June 06 1843) | Death | Friedrich Holderlin, German poet and dramatist (born in 1770) | Friedrich Holderlin Quotes |
| June 6th, 1841 (June 06 1841) | Birth | Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (d.1910) | |
| June 6th, 1840 (June 06 1840) | Death | Marcellin Champagnat, French priest (born in 1789) | |
| June 6th, 1833 (June 06 1833) | Event | U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
| June 6th, 1832 (June 06 1832) | Event | The barricades fall and the Paris student uprisings of 1832 end. | |
| June 6th, 1832 (June 06 1832) | Death | Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (born in 1748) | Philo Quotes |
| June 6th, 1829 (June 06 1829) | Birth | Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (died in 1862) | |
| June 6th, 1815 (June 06 1815) | Death | Samuel Whitbread, English Politician | |
| June 6th, 1813 (June 06 1813) | Event | War of 1812: Battle of Stoney CreekA British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat an American force three times its size under William Winder and John Chandler. | |
| June 6th, 1813 (June 06 1813) | Death | Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart, French architect | |
| June 6th, 1810 (June 06 1810) | Birth | Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German classical scholar (died in 1856) | |
| June 6th, 1809 (June 06 1809) | Event | Sweden promulgates a new Constitution, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates after 20 years of Enlightened absolutism. | |
| June 6th, 1808 (June 06 1808) | Event | Napoleon s brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| June 6th, 1799 (June 06 1799) | Birth | Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (died in 1837) | |
| June 6th, 1799 (June 06 1799) | Death | Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (born in 1736) | Patrick Henry Quotes |
| June 6th, 1784 (June 06 1784) | Death | Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (born in 1741) | |
| June 6th, 1772 (June 06 1772) | Birth | Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress consort (died in 1807) | |
| June 6th, 1756 (June 06 1756) | Birth | John Trumbull, American painter (died in 1843) | |
| June 6th, 1755 (June 06 1755) | Birth | Nathan Hale, American writer and patriot (died in 1776) | |
| June 6th, 1752 (June 06 1752) | Event | A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes. | |
| June 6th, 1740 (June 06 1740) | Death | Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony | |
| June 6th, 1730 (June 06 1730) | Death | Alain Emmanuel de Coetlogon, Marshal of France (born in 1646) | |
| June 6th, 1714 (June 06 1714) | Birth | King Joseph I of Portugal (died in 1777) | |
| June 6th, 1683 (June 06 1683) | Event | The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world s first university museum. | |
| June 6th, 1654 (June 06 1654) | Event | Charles X succeeds his abdicated cousin Queen Christina to the Swedish throne. | |
| June 6th, 1644 (June 06 1644) | Event | The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. The Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the Republic of China is established. | |
| June 6th, 1622 (June 06 1622) | Birth | Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857) | |
| June 6th, 1606 (June 06 1606) | Birth | Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (died in 1684) | Pierre Corneille Quotes |
| June 6th, 1599 (June 06 1599) | Birth | Diego Velazquez, Spanish painter (died in 1660) | |
| June 6th, 1583 (June 06 1583) | Death | Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (born in 1556) | |
| June 6th, 1580 (June 06 1580) | Birth | Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (died in 1667) | |
| June 6th, 1576 (June 06 1576) | Birth | Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (died in 1649) | |
| June 6th, 1563 (June 06 1563) | Death | Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (born in 1519) | |
| June 6th, 1548 (June 06 1548) | Death | Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (born in 1500) | |
| June 6th, 1542 (June 06 1542) | Birth | Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (died in 1591) | |
| June 6th, 1523 (June 06 1523) | Event | Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union. | |
| June 6th, 1519 (June 06 1519) | Birth | Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (died in 1603) | Philo Quotes |
| June 6th, 1513 (June 06 1513) | Event | Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored. | |
| June 6th, 1508 (June 06 1508) | Event | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice. | |
| June 6th, 1502 (June 06 1502) | Birth | King John III of Portugal (died in 1557) | |
| June 6th, 1480 (June 06 1480) | Death | Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect | |
| June 6th, 1436 (June 06 1436) | Birth | Regiomontanus, German mathematician (died in 1476) | |
| June 6th, 1393 (June 06 1393) | Death | Emperor Go-En yu of Japan (born in 1359) | |
| June 6th, 1236 (June 06 1236) | Birth | Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (died in 1283) | |
