June 6th
Today in America's Present Past
1716 | Civil Rights: The French transported the first African slaves to their Louisiana territory.
1755 | Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale was born.
1756 | Painter John Trumbull was born.
1787 | Franklin (of Franklin & Marshall) College is founded.
1799 | Founder Patrick Henry died.
1813 | War of 1812: U.S. forces are halted at Stoney Creek, Canada.
1822 | What became the start of gastric surgery starts with William Beaumont operating on a gunshot victim on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
1826 | Activist Sarah Parker Remond was born.
1863 | Civil War: Battle of Memphis ends.
1867 | Entrepreneur David Abercrombie was born.
1890 | The U.S. Polo Association formed.
1898 | The start of the Tampa, Florida, riot between U.S. soldiers awaiting deployment to Cuba.
1917 | Entrepreneur Kirk Kerkorian was born.
1918 | WWI: The Battle of Belleau Wood ends with a U.S. victory.
1923 | Author V.C. Andrews was born.
1925 | Entrepreneur Walter Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.
1932 | POTUS: Democratic President Roosevelt enacts the first national gas tax.
1934 | Entrepreneur Charles Francis Jenkins died.
1939 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt refuses entry of 907 European Jews aboard the MS St. Louis seeking asylum from Nazi Germany.
1941 | Entrepreneur Louis Chevrolet died.
1944 | WWII: Operation Overlord, known as “D-Day,” commences in World War II.
1944 | Alaska Airlines is formed.
1956 | Archaeologist Hiram Bingham died.
1966 | Civil Rights: Activist James Meredith was wounded by a sniper in Mississippi.
1971 | TV: The final broadcast of the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS.
1976 | Entrepreneur J. Paul Getty died.
1982 | Poet Kenneth Rexroth died.
1983 | Entrepreneur James E. Casey died.
2005 | Actress Anne Bancroft died.