Today is Thursday, June 6, the 157th day of 2013. There are 208 days left in the year.
1523 ― Gustavo I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1882 ― Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC
1844 ― Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London
1885 ― The opera “Lakme” is produced (Paris)
1933 ― First drive-in theatre opens (Camden, N.J.)
1962 ― Beatles meet their producer George Martin for first time; record “Besame Mucho” with Peter Best on drums
1967 ― Six-day War between Israel and Arab neighbors begin
1977 ― U.S. Supreme Court tossed out automatic death penalty laws
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