Daily Calendar for June 6th, 2018

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1430s

• Born 1436: Regiomontanus, aka Johann Muller (astronomer)

1750s

• Born 1755: Nathan Hale (patriot)

1790s

• Born 1799: Alexander Pushkin (poet)

1820s

• 1829: Poinsettia debuted at the first Pennsylvania Horticulture Society exhibition

1840s

• 1844: The YMCA was organized in London by George Williams

1860s

• Born 1868: Robert Falcon Scott (explorer)

1880s

• 1882: Henry Seely granted patent for the first electric flatiron

1890s

• 1891: Josephine Peary was the first woman to join a polar expedition

• 1896: Norwegian-born fishermen George Harbo and Frank Samuelson began a 55-day row across the Atlantic, setting off from the Battery in New York City and reaching the the British island of St. Mary's (part of the Isles of Scilly) on August 1. It was a row of more than 3,200 nautical miles. After a brief rest, they then went on to row to their original destination of Le Havre, France, arriving there on August 7.

1920s

• 1925: "Tiny Town" mini city last exhibited, Springfield, Missouri

1930s

• 1933: The first drive-in movie theater of the United States opened in New Jersey

• Died 1935: Lord Byng of Vimy (Canadian Governor General 1921-1926)

• 1939: The first Little League Baseball game was played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

1940s

• 1944: Allied Forces invaded Normandy on D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history (WW II)

• 1947: Barbara Washburn reached the summit of Alaska's Mt. McKinley

1950s

• Born 1956: Björn Borg (tennis player)

1960s

• Died 1961: Carl Jung (psychologist)

• Born 1965: Cam Neely (hockey player)

• Born 1967: Paul Giamatti (actor)

• Died 1968: Robert F. Kennedy (politician)

1970s

• Born 1975: Staci Keanan (actress)

1980s

• 1984: Tetris video game released

1990s

• Died 1991: Stan Getz (musician)

2000s

• 2004: Phylicia Rashad became the first African American actress to win a Tony Award for the Best Leading Actress in a Play

• Died 2005: Anne Bancroft (actress)

• Died 2005: Dana Elcar (actor)

2010s

• Died 2013: Esther Williams (swimmer & actress)

• 2015: American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse since 1978 to win horse racing's Triple Crown