The History Place - This Month in History: June. Jump to: June 5 1. June 1. Birthday - Founder. Utah and patriarch of the Mormon church Brigham Young (1. Whittingham, Vermont. Birthday - Marilyn. Monroe (1. 92. 6- 1. Los Angeles (as Norma Jean Mortensen). Beneath her glamorous. Hollywood life. She died in Los Angeles from an. August 5, 1. 96. 2. Best known for Gentlemen. Prefer Blondes (1. The Seven Year Itch (1. Bus. Stop (1. 95. Some Like It Hot (1. The Misfits (1. 96. June 2. Birthday - Marquis. Sade (1. 74. 0- 1. Paris. He was a military leader, governor- general. June 3. June 3, 1. The. Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France. As. King Edward VIII, he had abdicated the British throne in December of. Simpson, an American who had. Following the wedding, the couple lived in France and. British Royal family. The Duke died in. External links The Silent World at the Internet Movie Database The Silent World at Rotten Tomatoes The Silent World at AllMovie Jacques Cousteau's 'The Silent World' by Greg Rubinson at salon.com, July 15, 2002, retrieved June 14, 2011. A meeting with American television companies (ABC, M Invention timeline detailing historic inventions throughout the decades and centuries with accurate dates and descriptions. Collection of 12 documentaries - 'Light Test' (1995), 'Camera Test' (1995), 'Hugh' (1995), 'The Challenge of Manufacturing' (1996), 'These Places We've Learned to Call Home' (1996), 'The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase' (1997), 'Land of Enchantment' (2000. Paris on May 2. 8, 1. Windsor Castle in England. June 3, 1. 97. 2 - Sally. Jan Priesand was ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi. U. S. She then became an assistant rabbi at the Stephen Wise Free. Synagogue in New York City. June 3, 1. 98. 9 - Ayatollah. Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, died. On. February 1, 1. Iran which led to the downfall of the Shah. Khomeini then. reorganized the government on Islamic principles. On November 1. 1, 1. Khomeini seized 6. Most of the 1960s, gold and currency reserve holdings rose to $6.9 billion by the end of 1967. However, a massive deficit in 1968 led to another devaluation of the franc in 1969, and by 31 December 1969, gold and reserve holdings had dropped to $3.8 billion. Grace Kelly, Actress: Rear Window. Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to wealthy parents. She was the daughter of Margaret Katherine (Majer), a phys ed instructor, and John Brendan Kelly, Sr., a three-time. BAKELITE Bakelite (also called catalin) is a plastic, a dense synthetic polymer (a phenolic resin) that was used to make jewelry, game pieces, engine parts, radio boxes, switches, and many, many other objects. Bakelite was the first industrial thermoset plastic (a. Chester Floyd Carlson (1906-1968) invented xerography (which means 'dry writing' in Greek) in 1938. Xerography makes paper copies without using ink (hence its name). In this process, static electricity charges a lighted plate; a plastic. American. Embassy in Teheran after the former Shah had entered the U. S. Thus began an international political crisis lasting until. January 2. 0, 1. 98. Birthday - Confederate. Jefferson. Davis (1. Todd County, Kentucky. After the Southern. Confederacy in 1. Confederate military forces but was instead chosen to be president. Following the Civil War, he was imprisoned but never. He died at age 8. New Orleans. June 4. June 4, 1. 94. 4 - During World War II in Europe. Rome was liberated by the U. S. 5th Army, led by General Mark Clark. The protest had started on. April 1. 6 as about 1,0. Hu Yaobang. a pro- reform leader within the Chinese government. Despite government. On May 1. 3, three thousand students began an eight- day. The government imposed martial law on May 2. On June 2, in their first clash with the People's Army, demonstrators. However, in the pre- dawn hours. June 4, the People's Army, using tanks, machine- guns, clubs and tear. Armored personnel carriers. The Chinese government later claimed only 3. Following the massacre, over. Birthday - King. George III (1. He ruled England for 6. British King against whom the American. Revolution was directed. June 5 Return. to Top of Page. June 5, 1. 78. 3 - The. Annonay, France, by brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier. Their 3. 3- foot- diameter. In September, they repeated. King Louis XVI, using a sheep, rooster and duck as. June 5, 1. 96. 8 - Robert F. Kennedy was shot and. Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles. He died at 1: 4. 4 a. June 6, at age. 4. Ethel and eleven children, the last one. President John. F. Kennedy had named his brother and campaign manager, Robert Francis. Kennedy, to the post of U. S. Attorney General in 1. Robert served. as the president's closest confidant. After the assassination of JFK. Robert remained as Attorney General until 1. U. S. Allied with. America, he spoke out against. Vietnam War. In March. And with the win in California, appeared headed. Birthday - Scottish. Adam Smith (1. 72. Kirkcaldy. Scotland. He wrote An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth. Nations, published in 1. The book described the workings of. Birthday - British. John Maynard Keynes (1. Cambridge, England. He claimed that business investors and. June 6. June 6, 1. Pioneering feminist Susan B. Anthony was fined for voting in a presidential election at Rochester, New York. She led a group of women that voted. She was arrested, tried. Constitution was finally ratified, allowing women to. June 6, 1. 94. 4 - D- Day. Allied forces landed in Normandy on the northern coast of France. The Germans had about 6. France. and the Low Countries. American forces landed on two western beaches. Utah and Omaha, while British and Canadian troops landed farther east. Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. By the end of the day 1. Allied. soldiers and their accompanying vehicles had landed with 1. June 6, 1. 97. 8 - By. California voters approved Proposition. Birthday - American. Nathan Hale (1. 75. Coventry, Connecticut. During. the American Revolution. Long Island and was captured. British on the night of September 2. Brought before British. General William Howe, Hale admitted he was an American officer. Howe ordered. him to be hanged the following morning. As Hale mounted the gallows. Supreme Court struck down a Connecticut law banning contraception. Connecticut, the Supreme Court guaranteed the. Birthday - French. Paul Gauguin (1. 84. Paris. He worked as a stockbroker. He left Paris and moved to Tahiti. Among his best known. Vision After the Sermon (1. When Shall We Be. Married? His style using broad, flat tones and bold colors, inspired. Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, and the young Pablo Picasso. June 8. June 8, 1. Apache. leader Cochise died on the Chiricahua Reservation in southeastern Arizona. Army in 1. 86. 1, he waged. Arizona. In 1. 86. Apaches. He and 2. Dragoon Mountains. In June. of 1. 87. Army General George Crook assumed command in Arizona and managed. Apaches. Cochise then surrendered. He. disappeared briefly in the spring of 1. Birthday - American. Frank Lloyd Wright (1. Richland Center. Wisconsin. He designed about 1,0. He became the leader of a style. Prairie School featuring houses with low- pitched. He once wrote. . It should. Hong Kong, consisting of an area measuring 4. British Crown Colony until July 1, 1. People's Republic of China. Birthday - Composer. Cole Porter (1. 89. Peru, Indiana. He published. The Bobolink Waltz at the age of ten. His Broadway. career was launched in 1. Let's Do It. Among his many contributions to the. Broadway stage; Fifty Million Frenchmen, The Gay Divorcee, Anything. Goes, Leave It to Me, Du Barry Was a Lady, Something for the Boys, Kiss. Me Kate, Can Can and Silk Stockings. June 1. 0Return. to Top of Page. June 1. 0, 1. 65. In Massachusetts, silversmith John Hull opened the first mint in America. English colonial law. The first coin issued was the Pine. Tree Shilling, designed by Hull. June 1. 0, 1. 94. In one of the most infamous. World. War II in Europe, all 1. Czech village of. Lidice were shot by Nazis in reprisal for the assassination of SS leader. Reinhard Heydrich. The women were deported to Ravensbr. Ninety young children were sent to the concentration. Gneisenau, with some later taken to Nazi orphanages if they. German looking. The village was then completely leveled until not. Birthday - African. American actress Hattie Mc. Daniel (1. 88. 9- 1. Wichita, Kansas. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale in The. Wizard of Oz (1. 93. Meet Me. in St. Louis (1. Easter Parade (1. She became. one of the most popular concert performers of the 1. New York City and London. She was found. dead of an overdose of sleeping pills in London on June 2. June 1. 1June 1. 1, 1. Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted, spewing ash into the air. The surrounding areas were covered with ash and. June 1. 1, 1. 99. After 4. 9 years, the Soviet military occupation of East Germany ended. Birthday - German. Georg Richard Strauss (1. Munich. His best. Till Eulenspiegel (1. Also Sprach. Zarathustra (1. Don Quixote (1. 89. Birthday - American. Jeannette Rankin (1. Missoula. Montana. She was the first woman elected to the U. S. She was. a reformer and a pacifist and was the only member of Congress to vote. Japan following the attack on Pearl. Harbor in December of 1. Birthday - Undersea. Jacques Cousteau (1. Ste- Andre- de- Cubzac. France. In 1. 94. Aqualung. He is best known for his Emmy Award winning television. The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, which premiered. U. S. Birthday - American. Vince Lombardi (1. Brooklyn, New. York. In 1. 95. 9, he became head coach of the Green Bay Packers, winning. NFL titles and two Super Bowls in nine seasons. He is generally. regarded as the greatest coach and the finest motivator in football. He retired in 1. 96. Washington. Redskins. He contracted cancer after coaching the Redskins for just. September 3, 1. 97. Washington, D. C. June 1. 2June 1. 2, 1. The Philippines declared their independence from Spain. The islands. were named after King Philip II. Once freed from Spain, the islands. U. S. They became an American colony and remained so until. World War II. June 1. Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi. He had been active in seeking integration. African Americans in the South. Kennedy to propose a comprehensive Civil Rights law. Evers was buried. Arlington National Cemetery. Birthday - George Bush, the 4. U. S. President. was born in Milton, Massachusetts, June 1. During World War II. U. S. Following the war, he co- founded a Texas oil equipment. He then entered politics, serving in a variety. U. S. Congress, the United Nations, as U. S. Elected to the. President Bush is best remembered for forging a. Kuwait on August 2, 1. Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army. However, following. Iraq, Bush was beset by domestic problems in the U. S. She is perhaps the. Nazi. Holocaust. Anne and her family moved from Germany to Amsterdam to. Nazi persecution, then went into hiding in a small attic after. Holland was invaded by Nazis. Anne, a girl on the verge of womanhood. In 1. 94. 2, she began a diary. She contracted typhus. Bergen- Belsen in 1. After the war, her father published. June 1. 3June 1. 3, 1. The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a collection. U. S. Supreme Court ruled (5- 4) in the case of Miranda v. Arizona that an accused person must be apprised of certain rights before police questioning. American police officers. Miranda' (constitutional) rights. Birthday - Nobel. Prize- winning Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1. Dublin, Ireland. Among his plays; The Countess Cathleen (1. Cathleen ni Houlihan (1. Birthday - American. Army General Winfield Scott (1. Petersburg, Virginia. He was also nominated for the. Whig party in 1. 85. Franklin. Pierce.
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