DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Monday, June 6, the 157th day of 2022. There are 208 days left in the year. On this date in:
1844: The Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London.
1912: Novarupta, a volcano on the Alaska peninsula, began a three-day eruption, sending ash as high as 100,000 feet; it was the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century and ranks among the largest in recorded history.
1934: The Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
1939: The first Little League game was played as Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23-8 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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.
1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, 251⁄2 hours after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
1977: A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law imposing an automatic death sentence on defendants convicted of the first-degree murder of a police officer.
1982: Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country. (The Israelis withdrew in June 1985.)
1989: Burial services were held for Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Washington state Democrat Tom Foley succeeded Jim Wright as House speaker.
2001: Democrats formally assumed control of the U.S. Senate after the decision of Vermont Republican James Jeffords
to become an independent.
2005: The Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that people who smoked marijuana because their doctors recommended it to ease pain could be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws.
2006: Musician Billy Preston died in Scottsdale, Arizona, at age 59.
2020: Tens of thousands rallied in cities from Australia to Europe to honor George Floyd and voice support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Massive, peaceful protests took place nationwide to demand police reform as services for Floyd were held in North Carolina, near his birthplace.
June 6
Singer-songwriter Gary “U.S.” Bonds is 83. Country singer Joe Stampley is 79. Jazz pianist Monty Alexander is 78. Actor Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger) is 75. Singer Dwight Twilley is 71. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein is 70. Actor-comedian Sandra Bernhard is 67. Actor Amanda Pays is 63. Record producer and musician Jimmy Jam (The Time) is 63. Comedian Colin Quinn is 63. Guitarist Steve Vai is 62. Singer-bassist Tom Araya of Slayer is 61. Actor Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter” films) is 59. Actor
Max Casella (“Analyze This,”) is 55. Actor Paul Giamatti is 55. Singer
Damion Hall of Guy is 54. Guitarist
James “Munky” Shaffer of Korn is 53. Country singer Lisa Brokop is 49. Singer Uncle Kracker is 48. Actor Sonya Walger (“Lost”) is 48. Actor Staci Keanan is 47. Actor Aubrey Anderson-emmons (“Modern Family”) is 15.