Today in History - History - June 6th

1938Sigmund Freud arrives in London

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

1969Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar

1923Gangster Albert Anastasia is convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years in prison

199262nd French Womens Tennis Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (6-2 3-6 10-8)

201246th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Luke Bryan wins

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

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

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

1965Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational

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

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

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

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

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

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

1946Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83

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

1961Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, dies at 85

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

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