The grave of “Wolfgang Gerhard” is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz’s “Angel of…
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6 June 1889
The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle The Great Seattle Fire was a catastrophic event that occurred on June 6, 1889, and resulted…
6 June 1933
The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey. Drive-in movie theaters are a type of cinema that allows moviegoers to watch films from the…
6 June 1981
Bihar train disaster: A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati River. The government places…
6 June 1749
The Conspiracy of the Slaves in Malta is discovered. The Conspiracy of the Slaves, also known as the Revolt of the Slaves, was a failed…
6 June 1889
The Great Seattle Fire destroys almost all of downtown Seattle. The spring of 1889 in Seattle had been beautiful. There had been little rain, and…
6 June 1971
Soyuz 11 is launched. Soyuz 11 was the only manned mission to board the world’s first space station, Salyut 1 Soyuz 10 had soft-docked but…