Today in History for 6th June 2025
Historical Events
1816 – 10″ of snowfall in New England, part of a “year without a summer” which followed the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
1889 – Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1932 – The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1/4 ¢/L) sold
1944 – World War II: All Major League Baseball games are cancelled in honor of the D-Day landings in northern France
1992 – WLAF World Bowl 2, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Sacramento Surge beats Orlando Thunder, 21-17
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Patrick Abercrombie, English architect and town planner, born in Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England (d. 1957)
1886 – Paul Dudley White, American heart specialist, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1973)
1950 – Chantal Akerman, Belgian feminist filmmaker (Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, Je Tu II Elle), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2015)
1975 – Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], American actress (My Two Dads, Step by Step), born in Devon, Pennsylvania
1987 – Kyle Falconer, Scottish rock singer-songwriter (The View), born in Dryburgh, Dundee, Scotland
Famous Deaths
1730 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France, dies at 83
1836 – Anthony of Saxony, King of Saxony (1827-36), dies at 80
1934 – Max Pallenberg [Pollack], Austrian extempore farce actor (Morn to Midnight), husband of operetta star Fritzi Massary, dies in air crash at 56
1994 – Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
1996 – Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, dies at 88
