Today in History - History - June 6th

1975Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning

1938Sigmund Freud arrives in London

1960"Steve Allen Show" last airs on NBC-TV

1983Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR

1968Senator robert kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night.

1993Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic

1921Southwark Bridge in London is opened to traffic by King George V and Queen Mary.

1992NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter

1971John Lennon & Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in NYC

198151st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64)

1875Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)

1987Daniel Logan, Auckland, New Zealand actor (Boba Fett-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)

1956Bjorn Borg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1976-79)

1868Robert Falcon Scott, Plymouth, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition

1967Country singer John Denver (23) weds psychotherapist Annie Martell at the Christ Chapel in St. Peter, Minnesota

1942"The Thin Man" actress Myrna Loy (36) weds John Hertz Jr. in New York City

1946Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83

1976J. Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83

1968robert kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42

2005Anne Bancroft, American actress, dies from uterine cancer at 73

1979Jack Haley, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), dies of a heart attack at 80

1891John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)