Today in History - History - June 6th

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

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

1976Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic

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

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

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

1958Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French

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

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)

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

1961Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, dies at 85

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

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

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