June 6

Events

 * -, is defeated in Friulia by ; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to
 * - : . Swiss troops defeat the French under, forcing the French to abandon . Duke is restored.
 * - is elected King of, marking the end of the.
 * - the  forces led by the  capture  during the collapse of the . The Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the  was established.
 * - succeeds his abdicated cousin  to the  throne.
 * - The in, , opens as the world's first.
 * - A devastating fire destroys one-third of, including 18,000 homes.
 * - brother,  is crowned King of.
 * - promulgates a new, which restores political power to the  after 20 years of.
 * - : - A  force of 700 under  defeat an  force three times its size under  and.
 * - The s fall and the student uprisings of 1832 end.
 * -  becomes the first  to ride a.
 * - The  is founded in.
 * - marries the future King  of.
 * - : is established as a separate  from.
 * - : -  forces capture, from the.
 * - More than 100,000 inhabitants of are killed as a  in the  pushes huge waves into the harbour.
 * 1882 - The n forces of defeat the e army in the . The Shewans capture Negus, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the.
 * - The destroys the entirety of downtown.
 * - Governor orders the   to protect and support the miners engaged in the.
 * - is inaugurated with a first section from Place d'Italie to the  (today known as Gare d'Austerlitz).
 * - Eruption of in  begins. Second largest  eruption in historic time.
 * - begins.
 * - in London, is opened for traffic by  and
 * - The is founded by.
 * - The is enacted, creating the first  in the, at a rate of 1 cent per  (1/4 ¢/L) sold.
 * - The first opens, in,.
 * - :  signs the  into law, establishing the.
 * - German  gives a public address to returning German volunteers who fought as  during the.
 * - : begins., code named , commences with the landing of 155,000  troops on the beaches of  in . The allied soldiers quickly break through the  and push inland in the largest amphibious  operation in history.
 * - The is formed in.
 * - : The in  is legalized.
 * -, 's first , resigns.
 * - Under a temporary order, the, , are terminated, though they never resume.
 * -, activist, is shot while trying to march across.
 * -,  throws record sixth consecutive complete game shutout, a major league record.
 * - The first connection was created when network control protocol packets were sent from the data port of one  to another
 * - : launches.
 * 1971  - A  between a    and a      near  claims 50 lives.
 * - A new is promulgated making  a.
 * - A passenger train travelling between and, , jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the . 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.
 * - begins: Forces under i   invade  in their "," eventually reaching as far north as the.
 * - The attacks the  in  in an effort to flush out terrorists, following an order from . Official casualties are 576 combatants killed and 335 wounded; independent observers estimate that thousands of unarmed  civilians are also killed in the crossfire.
 * - The grave of "" is exhumed in, ; the remains found are later proven to be those of , 's "". Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in.
 * - District court judge  rules that the  album  by the  violates '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."
 * - holds its first direct presidential s.
 * - At the in, 345 prisoners run from the main gate in the largest jailbreak in ian 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.
 * - . A estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the  between  and . The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 s, slightly more powerful than the.
 * - was established as a  by the President of India,  in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
 * - the votes to ban  in .

Births

 * -, Chinese prime minister (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. )
 * -, English soldier and explorer (d. )
 * -, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. )
 * -, Flemish astronomer (d. )
 * -, Spanish painter (d. )
 * -, French dramatist (d. )
 * -, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.)
 * - King (d. )
 * -, American writer and patriot (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, Holy Roman Empire Empress consort (d. )
 * -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, German classical scholar (d. )
 * -, Japanese Go player (d. )
 * -, Polish novelist (d.)
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, founder (d. )
 * -, English explorer (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American bandleader (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, English pilot
 * -, Irish dancer (d. )
 * 1898  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Polish psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, first (d. )
 * -, American bandleader (d. )
 * -, Armenian composer (d. )
 * -, German-born mathematician (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American scholar (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, Dutch journalist (d. )
 * -, American businessman
 * -, American biochemist, recipient of the
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Chinese novelist
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, Indian actor and politician (d. )
 * -, American astronaut
 * -, Swiss physicist, laureate
 * - King
 * 1934  -, American civil rights activist
 * -, American musician
 * 1936  -, Indian politician
 * -, Dutch composer
 * 1939  -, American musician
 * 1939  -, hockey player
 * -, American disc jockey
 * -, Scottish-born American journalist
 * -, American chemist, laureate
 * -, British politician
 * 1944  -, American scientist, recipient of the
 * -, American politician
 * 1945  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, English politician
 * 1947  -, American actor
 * 1947  -, Dutch swimmer
 * -, American bassist
 * 1948  -, English musician
 * -, Japanese racing driver
 * -, Japanese musician and singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1952  -, French Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1954  -, American author
 * -, American actress and comedian
 * -, Swedish tennis player
 * 1956  -, Icelandic singer and songwriter
 * -, English cricketer
 * -, American record producer
 * 1959  -, American comedian
 * 1959  -, American wrestler (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1960  -, American musician
 * 1960  -, Slovak athlete
 * -, Chilean musician
 * 1961  -, Italian engineer
 * -, German social scientist
 * 1963  -, English actor
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * 1966  -, Ghanaian footballer
 * 1966  -, American musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian writer and scenarist
 * 1968  -, American guitarist, composer and journalist
 * -, Russian cyclist
 * 1970  -, American professional wrestler
 * 1970  -, American rock musician
 * -, Italian singer
 * -, US Presidential Candidate
 * -, American actor
 * -, Taiwanese singer and musician
 * 1975  -, American actress
 * 1975  -, American actress
 * 1975  -, hockey player
 * -, Canadian musician
 * 1976  -, British comedian
 * 1976  -, British skateboarder
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, English musician ( and )
 * 1978  -, American actress (d. )
 * 1978  -, Bulgarian singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1980  -, English footballer
 * -, British actress
 * 1983  -, American porn actress
 * -, Scottish professional wrestler
 * -, Scottish musician

Deaths

 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, Italian artist and architect
 * -, Portuguese explorer (b. )
 * -, Japanese samurai commander (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, Marshal of France (b. )
 * -, British governor of Virginia Colony
 * -, Dutch politician (b. )
 * -, American revolutionary (b. )
 * -, French architect
 * -, English philosopher (b. )
 * -, French priest (b. )
 * -, German poet and dramatist (b. )
 * -, Prime Minister of Italy (b. )
 * -, American Confederate raider (b. )
 * -, Scottish inventor (b. )
 * -, Belgian composer (b. )
 * -, 1st (b. )
 * -, Chinese military officer and politician (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Croatian historian and writer (b. )
 * -, British army officer (b. )
 * -, American automotive pioneer (b. )
 * -, German dramatist, laureate (b. )
 * -, French movie pioneer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Scottish-born Australian painter (b. )
 * -, Swiss psychiatrist (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, and Senator (b. )
 * 1968  -, son of  (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American industrialist (b. )
 * 1976  -, Hungarian actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American anthropologist (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, Australian author (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )xd
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Scottish actor () (b. )
 * 1994  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American geneticist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Australian actress (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American guitarist (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * 2003  -, British musician  (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 2005  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 2006  -, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist (b. )
 * 2006  -, American photographer (b. )