June 6 in History

Historical Events on June 6

1644 The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.

1808 Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.

1813 War of 1812: Battle of Stoney Creek: A British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.

1862 American Civil War: Battle of Memphis: Union forces capture Memphis, Tennessee, from the Confederates.

1882 More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed when a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour.

1918 World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood: The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry.

1942 World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers.

1982 The Lebanon War begins. 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.

2004 Tamil is established as a "classical language" by the President of India, Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.

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Famous Birthdays on June 6

1872 Alix of Hesse

1901 Sukarno

1903 Aram Khachaturian

1985 Drew Galloway

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Famous Deaths on June 6

1891 John A. Macdonald

1961 Carl Jung

1968 Randolph Churchill

1968 Robert F. Kennedy

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