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Amidst all of the activities, to-do’s, and schedule shuffling things can feel a little bit frantic along with the fun. That’s why we take time on Saturday morning to intentionally slow things down with a stroll down memory lane. It’s a simple look back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll~
Today is Saturday, June 6th, the 157th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1799, American orator Patrick Henry died in Virginia at the age of 63.
In 1833, Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to ride in a railroad car.
In 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association, later known as the YMCA, was founded in London. The first YMCA in America was founded in 1851.
In 1850, Levi Strauss made his first pair of blue jeans.
In 1932, the first federal gasoline tax was enacted. The tax was one-penny per gallon of gas.
In 1933, the first drive-in theatre in the United States opened in Camden, New Jersey.
In 1944, thousands of allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France. The event, which later became known as D-Day, marked the beginning of the defeat of Nazi Germany by Allied Forces in World War Two. The invasion was a success and Germany surrendered less than a year later.
In 1966, James Meredith, a black activist, was shot and wounded in Mississippi as he walked along a highway to promote black voter registration.
In 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at a Los Angeles hospital, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.
In 1971, “The Ed Sullivan Show” aired for the last time on CBS Television.
In 1976, U.S. billionaire oil empire founder John Paul Getty died in London at the age of 83.
In 1978, the passage of Proposition 13 in California lowered property taxes by 57-percent.
In 1978, ABC’s “20/20” debuted. The original host was Ted Koppel. He was replaced a week later by Hugh Downs.
In 1998, the U.N. Security Council demanded that India and Pakistan halt nuclear testing in the countries and sign and nuclear control agreement.
In 2001, a Los Angeles jury awarded more than three-billion-dollars to lifelong smoker Richard Boeken after deciding that tobacco giant Philip Morris was responsible for his incurable lung cancer. The jury award was later reduced to 100-million.
In 2005, actress Anne Bancroft died from uterine cancer at age 73. Her credits include “The Graduate” and “The Miracle Worker.”
In 2006, keyboardist and singer Billy Preston, renowned also as the “fifth Beatle,” died after suffering kidney failure and related illnesses. He was 59.
In 2011, married New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted to sending lewd pictures of himself to several young women via Twitter, but said he would not resign from office.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton reached the number of delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 2016, German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped “Forbes” 100 most powerful women in the world list for the sixth straight year. Hillary Clinton is second, followed by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
In 2016, President Obama welcomed the Denver Broncos to the White House in honor of winning Super Bowl 50.
In 2018, Alice Johnson became a free woman after being released from a federal prison in Alabama. Former President Trump commuted her life sentence for a non-violent drug charge after Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West worked to get Johnson free.
In 2023, Prince Harry of the U.K. testified in court accusing Mirror Group Newspapers of hacking his emails. In over 130 years, he is the first senior royal to give evidence in court.
That brings us here to this day.
So whatever plans you have for your own 6.6.2026 here’s hoping there are moments along the way for you to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
