Dobsons Improbable History for D-Day, the Sixth of June! Its Engineers Day in Argentina, Cow Day in Norway, and Yo-Yo Day everywhere. In other news, June 6 marks the first time a US president rode on a train, the founding of the YMCA and the NBA, the opening of the Chicago L and the first drive-in theater, Rock Around the Clock reaching #1 on the charts, and the discovery of the remains of Josef Mengele in a Brazilian grave. June 6 birthdays include Nathan Hale, Alexander Pushkin, Thomas Mann, V. C. Andrews, Gary US Bonds, Marian Wright Edelman, Robert Freddy Krueger Englund, Sandra Bernhard, Björn Borg, Jimmy Jam, and Eric Cantor. June 6 deaths include Patrick Henry, Louis Chevrolet, Carl Jung, RFK, J. Paul Getty, Jack Tin Man Haley, Stan Getz, Anne Bancroft, Billy Preston, and Shrek the Unsheared Sheep. Much more (including a picture of the sheep) at the link. Happy Festival of Chiu Hsien, everybody! #todayinhistory improbhistory.blogspot/2014/06/june-6-in-history.html
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:20:12 +0000
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