June 6 - Dribble

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This Day In History

1665

New Amsterdam renamed New York City.

1683

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.

1822

Alexis St. Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.

1833

Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. President to ride on a train.

1892

Chicago 'L' begins operation.

1912

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

1933

The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.

1944

Operation Overlord commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.

1946

The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven original teams.

1984

Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all time, is released.

2002

A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

Famous Birthdays

1436

Regiomontanus (born Johannes Müller von Königsberg), German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, translator, instrument maker and Catholic bishop (d. 1476)

1542

Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591)

1599

Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)

1755

Nathan Hale, American writer and patriot (d. 1776)

1756

John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)

1799

Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)

1868

Sir Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (d. 1912)

1903

Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978)

1911
 Verna Aardema, American author of children's books (d. 2000)
1939

Gary U.S. Bonds, American musician

1947

Robert Englund, American actor

1952

Harvey Fierstein, American actor

1954

Cynthia Rylant, American author of children's books

1956

Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player

1963

Jason Isaacs, English actor