June 6 in history
Events on June 6
Notable events that happened on June 6 in past years.
- 2024
The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
Wikipedia article: Starship flight test 4 - 2002
Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
Wikipedia article: 2002 Eastern Mediterranean event - 1993
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
Wikipedia article: Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat - 1982
1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
Wikipedia article: 1982 Lebanon War - 1971
Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
Wikipedia article: Soyuz 11 - 1944
World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
Wikipedia article: Operation Overlord - 1942
World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1925
The original Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
Wikipedia article: Chrysler - 1894
Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
Wikipedia article: List of governors of Colorado - 1889
The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
Wikipedia article: Great Seattle Fire - 1859
Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
Wikipedia article: Queensland - 1822
Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
Wikipedia article: Alexis St. Martin - 1674
Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort.
Wikipedia article: Shivaji - 1523
Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
- 913
Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander on his deathbed.
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