This Day in History

On June 6, 1968, Sen. Rob- ert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los An- geles, 25½ hours after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

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In 1799, American politi- cian and orator Patrick Henry died at Red Hill Plantation in Virginia.

In 1816, a snowstorm struck the northeastern U.S., heralding what would become known as the “Year Without a Summer.”

In 1918, U.S. Marines suffered heavy casualties as they launched their eventually successful counteroffensive against German troops in the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood in France.

In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater was opened by Richard Hollingshead in Cam- den County, New Jersey. (The movie shown was “Wives Be- ware,” starring Adolphe Men- jou.)

In 1939, the first Little League game was played as Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23-8 in William- sport, Pennsylvania.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on “D-Day” as they began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe.

In 1955, the U.S. Post Of- fice introduced regular certified mail service.

In 1966, black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to en- courage black voter registra- tion.

In 1978, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.

In 1982, Israeli forces in- vaded Lebanon to drive Pal- estine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country. (The Israelis withdrew in June 1985.)

In 1989, burial services were held for Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Washington state Democrat Tom Foley succeed- ed Jim Wright as House speak- er.

One year ago: World lead- ers including President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron gathered at the site of the D-Day land- ings in France to honor those who took part in the operation 75 years earlier that would help bring an Allied victory in World War II. R&B sing- er R. Kelly pleaded not guilty in Chicago to 11 additional sex-related charges.