THURSDAY, June 6, 2024

1831-Second national black convention (Philadelphia)

1933-First drive-in theatre opens (Camden, N.J.)

1944-D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France

1967-Six day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin

1975-Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established

1980-Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title

1982-30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO

1984-1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India

1985-Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed

1988-George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II

Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)

2012-Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs