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Highlights of this day in history: The D-Day invasion of World War II; Israel invades Lebanon to drive out Yasser Arafat; Remains of fugitive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele exhumed in Brazil; First ...
June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 208 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
1925 – The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler. 1932 – 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. 1933 – The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States.
Current events/2021 June 6. Four people are killed and another is injured after a man drives his truck into a Pakistani Muslim family in London, Ontario, Canada. The suspect is identified by police as Nathaniel Veltman, a local 20-year-old motivated by Islamophobia. He has been arrested and facing four charges of first-degree murder and one ...
February. February 8 – February 24: The Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City. February 1 – Kidnapped reporter Daniel Pearl of The Wall Street Journal is murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. February 3 – Super Bowl XXXVI: The New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams 20–17 in New Orleans.
2007 ( MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2007th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade. 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year [1] and the International Polar Year.
2023 in various calendars. 2023 ( MMXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
August 28–September 7 — The 1959 Pan American Games are held in Chicago. [3] September 15-28 — Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev and his wife tour the U.S. at the invitation of President Eisenhower. September 16 — The Xerox 914, the first plain paper copier, is introduced to the public.