6th June anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1599
  • Spain
  • "Birth of Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter born in Seville who became court artist to King Philip IV." more
  • 1875
  • Germany
  • "Birth of Thomas Mann, German winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature." more
  • 1898
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Robert Falcon Scott, Scott of the Antarctic. " more
• event
  • 1508
  • Austria
  • "Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I was defeated by Venetian forces, forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice."
  • 1683
  • Great Britain
  • Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford – first museum in Britain
  • 1808
  • Spain
  • Joseph Bonaparte was proclaimed King of Spain by his brother Napoleon .
  • 1844
  • Great Britain
  • YMCA founded in London by Sir George Williams
  • 1859
  • Australia
  • "Queensland, Australia separated from New South Wales and became a self-governing colony. (This day is now celebrated as Queensland Day)"
  • 1918
  • "World War I: the Battle of Belleau Wood began, north-west of Paris. This was the first large-scale battle fought by American soldiers."
  • 1933
  • United States
  • "The first drive-in movie theatre opened, in Camden, New Jersey, USA ."
  • 1944
  • D-Day Landings in WWII
  • 1962
  • Great Britain
  • The Beatles were introduced to George Martin who became their producer and worked with them on almost all of their recordings. more
  • 1984
  • India
  • "Indian troops stormed the Golden Temple of Amritsar, killing 250 Sikh militant extremists. 48 Indian troops also died"
  • 1999
  • Brazil
  • 345 prisoners escaped from Putim maximum security prison in Brazil the largest mass jailbreak in Brazilian history. (They ran through the main gate)
• Death
  • 1832
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher, economist and theoretical jurist"
  • 1948
  • France
  • "Death of Louis Lumière, French movie pioneer ."
  • 1968
  • United States
  • "Death of Robert F. Kennedy, American politician, assassinated ."
  • 1999
  • "Death of Anne Haddy, Australian television actress (best remembered for playing Helen Daniels in the soap opera Neighbours)"