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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, 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, 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, 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, 1938 (June 06 1938) | Birth | Prince Luis of Orleans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne | |
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, 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, 1878 (June 06 1878) | Death | Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (born in 1790) | |
June 6th, 1868 (June 06 1868) | Birth | Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (died in 1912) | |
June 6th, 1808 (June 06 1808) | Event | Napoleon s brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
June 6th, 1548 (June 06 1548) | Death | Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (born in 1500) | |
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. | |