Tuesday, June 6, 2000
History today -- 8:11 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1683: The first public museum, The Ashmolean, was opened at Oxford, England.
- 1944: Operation Overlord (D-Day), the landing of allied forces on the coast of Normandy, France, took place. It was the largest sea-borne invasion in history.
- 1966: Gemini 9 splashed down after a three-day mission during which astronaut Eugene Cernan walked in space for a record 2 hours 8 minutes.
- 1980: For the second time in a week, U.S. nuclear forces went on red alert following a computer error warning of a Soviet attack.
- 1981: In the world's worst rail disaster, seven coaches of an overcrowded passenger train were blown off the tracks into the River Kosi, in Bihar, India. At least 800 people were killed.
- 1982: Serious fighting between Israeli and Syrian troops broke out as Israel began a full-scale invasion of Lebanon.
- 1990: A Federal judge rules 2Live Crew's "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" as obscene.
- 1995: South Africa abolished the death penalty.
- 1997: Caoimhghin O Caolain won a seat in Ireland's election becoming the first member of Sinn Fein, political wing of the IRA, to enter Ireland's parliament.
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