Editing June 6 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[913]] &ndash; [[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 (Byzantine emperor)|Alexander]] on his deathbed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grierson |first=Philip |title=Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: Leo III to Nicephorus III, 717–1801 |year=1973 |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |location=Washington, D.C. |page=526 |isbn=978-08-84020-45-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDH8GM4xrysC&pg=PA526}}</ref>
*[[1505]] &ndash; The M8.2–8.8 [[1505 Lo Mustang earthquake|Lo Mustang earthquake]] affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in [[Kathmandu]] and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=Harsh K. |last2=Fareeduddin |title=Recent Advances in Earth System Science |year=2008 |publisher=Geological Society of India |location=Bangalore |pages=244, 381 |isbn=978-81-85867-83-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-hQAQAAIAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1513]] &ndash; [[Battle of Novara (1513)|Battle of Novara]]. In the [[Italian Wars]], Swiss troops defeat the French under [[Louis II de la Trémoille]], forcing them to abandon [[Milan]]; Duke [[Massimiliano Sforza]] is restored.<ref>{{cite book |last=Delbrück |first=Hans |title=The Dawn of Modern Warfare |year=1990 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location=Omaha |pages=78–81 |isbn=978-08-03265-86-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsBMpfMVp-AC&pg=PA78}}</ref>
*[[1523]] &ndash; Swedish regent [[Gustav Vasa]] is elected [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]] and, marking a symbolic end to the [[Kalmar Union]], 6 June is designated the country's national day.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lockhart |first=Paul Douglas |title=Sweden in the Seventeenth Century |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |location=London |year=2004 |page=6 |isbn=978-02-30802-55-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNYcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{cite news |url=https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/aretsdagar/sveriges-nationaldag |title=Sveriges nationaldag |newspaper=Nordiska Museet |date=26 February 2013 |publisher=Nordis Kamuseet |location=Stockholm |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1654]] &ndash; Swedish Queen [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Christina]] abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|Charles Gustav]] and converted to [[Catholicism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNdAAAAAcAAJ&q=Charles+Gustavus&pg=PA153|title=Memoirs of Christina, Queen of Sweden: In 2 volumes. II|first=Henry|last=Woodhead|date=10 July 1863|publisher=Hurst and Blackett|access-date=10 July 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> 
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Shivaji]] is crowned as the first [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] at [[Raigad Fort]].<ref name="Barua2005">{{cite book |first=Pradeep |last=Barua | title=The State at War in South Asia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIIQhuAOGaIC&pg=PA42 | year= 2005 | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | isbn=978-0-8032-1344-9 | page=42 }}</ref> 
*[[1762]] &ndash; In the [[Seven Years' War]], British forces begin the [[Siege of Havana]] and temporarily capture the city.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pocock |first=Tom |title=Battle for Empire: the very first world war 1756–1763 |year=1998 |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books Ltd |location=London |pages=217–218 |isbn=978-18-54793-32-4}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Stoney Creek]], considered a critical turning point in the [[War of 1812]]. A British force of 700 under [[John Vincent (general)|John Vincent]] defeats an American force twice its size under [[William H. Winder|William Winder]] and [[John Chandler]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=521 |title=Battle of Stoney Creek National Historic Site of Canada |publisher=Parks Canada |location=Ottawa |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Alexis St Martin]] is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to [[William Beaumont]]'s studies on digestion.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tanner |first=David E. |title=Narrative, Ethics, and Human Experimentation in Richard Selzer's "Alexis St. Martin": the Miraculous Wound Re-Examined |journal=HEC Forum |date=2000 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=149–160 |doi=10.1023/A:1008949000333 |pmid=11066194 |s2cid=45586623}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; The [[June Rebellion]] in Paris is put down by the National Guard.<ref>{{cite book |last=Seignobos |first=Charles |translator-first=Silas Marcus |translator-last=Macvane |title=A Political History of Europe since 1814 |year=1900 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180159 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.180159/page/n158 136]–138}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-first=William |editor-last=Duckett |title=Dictionnaire de la conversation et de la lecture |volume=11 |page=702 |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k308103/f706.image |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[YMCA|Young Men's Christian Association]] (YMCA) is founded in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ymca.int/about-us/ymca-history/ |title=YMCA History |work=World YMCA |publisher=World Alliance of YMCAs |location=Vernier, Switzerland |access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Queensland]] is established as a separate [[crown colony|colony]] from [[New South Wales]]. The date is still celebrated as [[Queensland Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/creation-of-state |title=Creation of a State |work=History of Queensland |publisher=The State of Queensland |location=Brisbane |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; The [[First Battle of Memphis]], a naval engagement fought on the [[Mississippi]] results in the capture of [[Memphis, Tennessee]] by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces from the [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Ellet#ref199664 |title=Charles Ellet (re Battle of Memphis) |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Luraghi |first=Raimondo |title=A History of the Confederate Navy |translator-last=Coletta |translator-first=Paolo E. |location=Annapolis |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1996 |page=71 |isbn=978-15-57505-27-9}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Shewa]]n forces of [[Menelik II of Ethiopia]] defeat the [[Gojjam]]e army in the [[Battle of Embabo]]. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the [[Abay River]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ofcansky |first1=Thomas P. |last2=Prouty |first2=Chris |last3=Shinn |first3=David Hamilton |title=Historical dictionary of Ethiopia |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |year=2004 |page=633 |isbn=978-08-10849-10-5}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; The [[Great Seattle Fire]] destroys all of downtown Seattle.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Austin |first1=Charles W. |last2=Scott |first2=H. S. |title=The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889 |journal=Washington State Genealogical and Historical Review |volume=1 |issue=2 |date=1983 |publisher=Meico Associates |location=South Prairie |pages=41–72}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; The [[Chicago "L"#History|Chicago "L"]] elevated rail system begins operation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Borzo |first=Greg |title=The Chicago "L" |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago |year=2007 |pages=23, 43 |isbn=978-07-38551-00-5}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Governor of Colorado|Governor]] [[Davis Hanson Waite|Davis H. Waite]] orders the [[Colorado]] [[U.S. National Guard|state militia]] to protect and support the miners engaged in the [[Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894|Cripple Creek miners' strike]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Philpott |first=William |title=The Lessons of Leadville, Or, Why the Western Federation of Miners Turned Left |journal=Monograph |publisher=Colorado Historical Society |location=Denver |year=1994 |page=26 |issn=1046-3100}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Suggs |first=George G. Jr. |title=Colorado's War on Militant Unionism: James H. Peabody and the Western Federation of Miners |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Oklahoma |year=1991 |page=19 |isbn=978-0-8061-2396-7}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; The eruption of [[Novarupta]] in Alaska begins. It is the largest [[volcanic]] eruption of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simkin |first1=Tom |last2=Siebert |first2=Lee |title=Volcanoes of the World |publisher=Geoscience Press, Inc. |location=Tucson |year=1994 |page=117 |isbn=978-09-45005-12-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fierstein |first1=Judy |last2=Hildreth |first2=Wes |title=The plinian eruptions of 1912 at Novarupta, Katmai National Park, Alaska |journal=Bulletin of Volcanology |volume=54 |issue=8 |pages=646–684 |publisher=Springer |location=New York City |date=11 December 2004 |doi=10.1007/BF00430778 |bibcode=1992BVol...54..646F |s2cid=86862398|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1232468 }}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Battle of Belleau Wood]] in [[World War I]]: the [[U.S. Marine Corps]] suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at [[Château-Thierry]] (the losses are exceeded at the [[Battle of Tarawa]] in November 1943).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/belleau.htm |last=Duffy |first=Michael |title=Battles: the Battle of Belleau Wood |series=Battles: the Western Front |work=First World War.com |date= 22 August 2009 |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; The original [[Chrysler Corporation]] was founded by [[Walter Chrysler]] from the remains of the [[Maxwell automobile|Maxwell Motor Company]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Mike |last2=Tell |first2=David |title=The Technology Century: 100 years of The Engineering Society 1895–1995 | publisher=Engineering Society of Detroit |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nHhRAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Chrysler+Corporation,+founded+on+June+6,+1925%22 |section=Section II Automobiles: Picking Up Steam |year=1995 |page=53 |isbn=978-1-56378-022-6}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The first [[drive-in theater]] opens in [[Camden, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-history-of-the-drive-in-movie-theater-51331221/ |last=Reid |first=Robin T. |title=The History of the Drive-In Movie Theater |work=Smithsonian Magazine |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |location=Washington, DC |date=27 May 2008 |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[New Deal]]: U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Securities Exchange Act of 1934]] into law, establishing the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=2040946 |last=Lin |first=Tom C. W. |title=A Behavioral Framework for Securities Risk |journal=Seattle University Law Review |volume=34 |publisher=Social Science Research Network (SSRN) |location=Rochester, New York |date=16 April 2012 |page=325 |ssrn=2040946}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[United States Navy]]'s victory over the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] at the [[Battle of Midway]] is a major turning point in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater]] of [[World War II]]. All four Japanese [[fleet carrier]]s taking part—{{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Sōryū||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiryū||2}}—are sunk, as is the [[heavy cruiser]] {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}}. The American carrier {{USS|Yorktown|CV-5|2}} and the destroyer {{USS|Hammann|DD-412|2}} are also sunk.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parshall |first1=Jonathan |last2=Tully |first2=Anthony |title=Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway |publisher=Potomac Books |location=Dulles, Virginia |isbn=978-15-74889-23-9 |year=2005 |pages=378–380, 476 |url=https://archive.org/details/shatteredswordun0000pars}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; Commencement of [[Operation Overlord]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion of [[Normandy]], with the execution of [[Normandy landings|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beevor |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Beevor |title=D-Day: The Battle for Normandy |publisher=Viking |location=New York City |year=2009 |page=74 |isbn=978-06-70021-19-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/ddaybattlefornor00beev_0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellis |first1=L. F. |last2=Allen |first2=G. R. G. |last3=Warhurst |first3=A. E. |editor-last=Butler |editor-first=J. R. M. |editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler |title=Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy |series=History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series |publisher=Naval & Military Press |location=London |year=2004 |orig-year=1962 |pages=521–533 |isbn=978-18-45740-58-0}}</ref>
*1944 &ndash; [[Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges]] by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de Main (incorrectly referred to as Operation Deadstick.)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-19 |title=Pegasus Bridge - Operation Deadstick - D-Day - Normandy landings |url=https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/d-day/air-operations/commonwealth/pegasus-bridge |access-date=2024-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[March Against Fear]]: [[African-American]] [[civil rights]] activist [[James Meredith]] is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell.<ref>{{cite news | title = 6 June 1966: Black civil rights activist shot | work = BBC News – On this day | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/6/newsid_3009000/3009967.stm | access-date = May 5, 2023 | date=June 6, 1966}}</ref> Meredith and Norvell are photographed by [[Jack R. Thornell]], whose photo will receive the [[1967 Pulitzer Prize]] in [[Pulitzer Prize for Photography|Photography]], the last one to be awarded in the category.<ref name=pulitzer>[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Photography "Photography"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2023-22-05.</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; ''[[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 [[Atmospheric entry|re-entry]] on 29 June.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/the-soyuz-11-disaster/ |last=Kendall |first=Dan |title=The Soyuz 11 Disaster |work=The National Space Centre |publisher=National Space Centre |location=Leicester |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Hughes Airwest Flight 706]] collides with a [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]] over the [[San Gabriel Mountains]], killing 50.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N9345 Duarte, CA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710606-0 |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; British [[referendum]] results in continued membership of the [[European Union|European Economic Community]], with 67% of votes in favour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/6/newsid_2499000/2499297.stm |title=UK embraces Europe in referendum |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |location=London |date=6 June 1975 |access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref> 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Chief Minister of Sabah]] [[Fuad Stephens|Faud Stephens]], [[Peter Joinud Mojuntin]], and several other politicians are killed in a [[1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash|plane crash]] near [[Kota Kinabalu International Airport]] in Malaysia.<ref name="ministers">{{cite news |date=5 April 2015 |title=Past air crashes that involved VIPs |work=The Rakyat Post |url=http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/04/05/past-air-crashes-that-involved-vips/ |access-date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724213500/http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/04/05/past-air-crashes-that-involved-vips/ |archive-date=24 July 2015 |quote=The Double Six Crash, also known as the Double Six Tragedy, was a plane crash which took place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The plane was carrying 11 people, including then Sabah Chief Minister Tun Fuad Stephens, just seven weeks after he took office for a second term.  The other passengers on the flight were State Ministers Datuk Salleh Sulong, Datuk Peter Mojuntin, Chong Thien Vun, and assistant minister Darius Binion.}}</ref> 
*[[1982]] &ndash; The [[1982 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]] begins. Forces under [[Israel]]i [[Defense Minister]] [[Ariel Sharon]] invade [[southern Lebanon]] during [[Operation Peace for the Galilee]], eventually reaching as far north as the capital [[Beirut]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bickerton |first=Ian J. |title=The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |location=London |year=2009 |page=151 |isbn=978-18-61895-27-1}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in [[Embu das Artes|Embu]], Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of [[Josef Mengele]], [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]'s "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Posner |first1=Gerald L. |author-link1=Gerald Posner |last2=Ware |first2=John |author-link2=John Ware (TV journalist) |title=Mengele: The Complete Story |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=1986 |pages=315–321 |isbn=978-00-70505-98-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/mengelecompletes00posn}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Copa Airlines Flight 201]] breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the [[Darién Gap]] in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.<ref name="Panama Plane Wreckage Found">{{cite news |date=9 June 1992 |title=Panama Plane Wreckage Found |newspaper=Manila Standard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19920609&id=towmAAAAIBAJ&pg=6561,1445751}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat]] wins the [[1993 Mongolian presidential election|first presidential election in Mongolia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nohlen |first1=Dieter |last2=Grotz |first2=Florian |last3=Hartmann |first3=Christof |title=Elections in Asia: a Data Handbook, Volume II |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2001 |page=490 |isbn=978-01-99249-59-6}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303]] crashes near [[Xi'an Xianyang International Airport]], killing all 160 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M B-2610 Xian-Xianyang International Airport (XIY) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940606-1 |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[2002 Eastern Mediterranean event|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 [[kiloton]]s, slightly more powerful than the [[Nagasaki atomic bomb]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Morison |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Morison |title=A Journey through the Universe: Gresham Lectures on Astronomy |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2014 |page=107 |isbn=978-11-07073-46-3}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Battle of Raqqa (2017)|Battle of Raqqa]] begins with an offensive by the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) to capture the city from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa-idUSKBN18X0LH|title=U.S.-backed Syrian force starts battle to capture Raqqa from Islamic State|publisher=Reuters|date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam]] during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Russo-Ukrainian war]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Willis |first1=Haley |last2=Kramer |first2=Andrew E. |last3=Kim |first3=Victoria |date=2023-06-06 |title=Russia-Ukraine War: Critical Dam Destroyed on Front Line in Southern Ukraine |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/06/world/russia-ukraine-news |access-date=2023-06-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4|The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SpaceX accomplishes first soft splashdown of Starship, Super Heavy Booster on Flight 4 mission – Spaceflight Now |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/06/06/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-its-starship-rocket-on-its-fourth-test-flight/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>