This Day in History for June 5th;
1639 -- Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill.
1816 -- 10" snowfall in New England, the "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)
1844 -- Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) founded in London.
1882 -- Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC.
1889 -- Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks.
1904 -- National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ.
1914 -- 1st air flight out of the sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
1925 -- Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca was 8 months old)
1932 -- US Federal gas tax enacted.
1933 -- 1st drive-in theatre opens (Camden NJ)
1936 -- The first helicopter was tested in a building in Berlin, Germany.
1942 -- 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
1944 -- The D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.
1946 -- Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV.
1967 -- 6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin.
1968 -- U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44am in Los Angeles after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy was was shot the evening before while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination
1971 -- Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die.
1972 -- Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
1978 -- Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
1984 -- 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India.
2001 -- U.S. District Court Judge Matsch rejected a request to delay the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The date was left at June 11.
I hope everyone enjoys this Day in History!!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz* :)
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