Today in History - History - June 6th

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

198252nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64)

1971Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR

1993Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic

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

198757th French Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (6-4 4-6 8-6)

1976Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

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

198555th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75)

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

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

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

1965Cam Neely, Comox British Columbia, NHL forward (Boston Bruins)

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

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

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

1961Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, dies at 85

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

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

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

1946Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83

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