Today in History - History - June 6th

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

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

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

1958Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French

1993Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic

1965Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational

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

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

1976Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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