June 6

June 6, the 157th day of the year (158th in leap day) in the Gregorian calendar . The following are yet to 208 days until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1826 - Creation of the crystal factory Val Saint Lambert .
 * 1945 - Meinoud Rost van Tonningen, Dutch collaborator during World War II, commits suicide in prison in Scheveningen
 * 1947 - Tjeerd van der Weide, former NSB -burgemeester of Velsen is executed after a death sentence for his actions during the Second World War.
 * 1990 - In China are 97 political prisoners, imprisoned because of demonstrations for more democracy, released.
 * 1990 - In Belgium, the Ark Prize of the Free Word for the first time awarded to a politician: Senator André The Executioner .
 * 2012 - In Peru, in a helicopter crash 14 researchers from a South Korean company killed including one Dutchman. They were en route to Cuzco .


 * Media
 * 1954 - First Eurovision broadcast with a report of the Daffodil Festival in Montreux .


 * Music
 * 1964 - The Beatles give the second of two concerts in North Holland Blokker .


 * War
 * 1667 - A war fleet of the Dutch Republic under the command of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter achieved in England the mouth of the Thames, and the impressive to the Chathambegan.
 * 1943 - The first transport of children from Camp Vught to Sobibor, where she one day after arriving to be gassed. This included children aged from 0 to 3 years, a day later by a group of children from 4 to 16 years. Total: more than 1,200 children.
 * 1944 - World War II : D-Day in Normandy .
 * 1982 - The invasion of Lebanon begins as Israeli troops Lebanon enter.


 * Politics
 * 1523 - Gustav I was elected king of Sweden .
 * 1551 - William of Orange married Anna van Egmond van Buren .
 * 1976 - Riots in Soweto in South Africa announce the beginning of the abolition of apartheid in.


 * Religion
 * 1844 - The YMCA was founded in London .
 * 1929 - Rise of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture Iceland Apostolic Vicariate Iceland .
 * 1960 - Appointment of the German Cardinal Augustin Bea first President of the Secretariat for unity among Christians of the Roman Curia .
 * 2004 - Pope John Paul II, on the second day of his visit to Bern met with former members of the Swiss Guard .
 * 2006 - The Today's date is written as 6-6-6 or 666, which is the Number of the Beast is. Thousands of Christians worldwide to pray for turning away from evil.


 * Sport
 * 1894 - Founding of the German football club Karlsruher SC .
 * 1954 - Standard Liege win for the first time in club history the Belgian FA Cup by RC Mechelen KM in the final with 3-1.
 * 2001 - The Moldova national football team suffered the worst defeat in history. The team loses in Gothenburg 6-0 of Sweden, including four goals from striker Henrik Larsson .


 * Science and Technology
 * 1683 - In Oxford opens the Ashmolean Museum, the first university museum in the world.
 * 1990 - The first pictures taken outside our solar system by the space probe Voyager 1 passed to the earth. On the pictures are six planets, including the earth, to see, from a distance of six billion kilometers.
 * 2012 - 2nd Venus Transit of the series in 2004 has begun. The following transitions of the series are respectively 2117 and 2125 .

Born [ edit ]
King Albert II , Belgian king, born in 1934

Sandra Bernhard born in 1955

Paul Giamatti born in 1967
 * 1436 - Regiomontanus, German astronomer, astrologer and mathematician (deceased in 1476 )
 * 1502 - John III, Portuguese king (deceased in 1557 )
 * 1580 - Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer and priest (deceased in 1667 )
 * 1599 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (deceased in 1660 )
 * 1606 - Pierre Corneille, French playwright (deceased in 1684 )
 * 1714 - Joseph I of Portugal, Portuguese king (deceased in 1777 )
 * 1733 - Lorens Pasch the Younger, Swedish painter (deceased in 1805 )
 * 1740 - Louis-Sébastien Mercier, French writer and politician (deceased in 1814 )
 * 1769 - Peter Joseph de Caters, Belgian banker (deceased in 1861 )
 * 1799 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (deceased in 1837 )
 * 1807 - Adrien-François Servais, Belgian cellist and composer (deceased in 1866 )
 * 1850 - Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist (deceased in 1918 )
 * 1868 - Robert Falcon Scott, British explorer (deceased in 1912 )
 * 1869 - Siegfried Wagner, German composer and conductor (deceased in 1930 )
 * 1875 - Thomas Mann, German writer (deceased in 1955 )
 * 1882 - Frits Meuring, Dutch swimmer (deceased in 1973 )
 * 1885 - Joseph Achten, Belgian cyclist
 * 1888 - Bob Glendenning, English footballer and coach (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1888 - Valerian Kuybyshev, Russian revolutionary (deceased in 1935 )
 * 1896 - Italo Balbo, Italian fascist (deceased in 1940 )
 * 1896 - Henry Allingham, War Veteran and oldest man in the world (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1898 - Ninette de Valois, Irish ballet dancer and choreographer (deceased in 2001 )
 * 1901 - Sukarno, Indonesian President (deceased in 1970 )
 * 1901 - Helmuth Stieff, German General (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1903 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (deceased in 1960 )
 * 1903 - Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (deceased in 1978 )
 * 1904 - Lesley Blanch, English writer, fashion editor (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1908 - Giovanni Bracco, Italian racing driver (deceased in 1968 )
 * 1909 - Isaiah Berlin, British liberal philosopher and political scientist (deceased in 1997 )
 * 1915 - Louis Hamel, Dutch naval officer and resistance fighter (deceased in 1941 )
 * 1919 - Lord Peter Carington, British Secretary-General of NATO
 * 1923 - Ivor Bueb, British racing driver (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1923 - Jim Rigsby, American race car driver (deceased in 1952 )
 * 1924 - Serge Nigg, French composer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1926 - Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1927 - Peter Spier, Dutch children's author
 * 1929 - Milan Nikolić, Yugoslavian footballer
 * 1930 - Ian Burgess, British racing driver (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1932 - Jan Adriaensens, Belgian cyclist
 * 1932 - Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, Filipino painter (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1932 - Fred Lebow, Romanian-American athlete (deceased in 1994 )
 * 1932 - Billie Whitelaw, British actress (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1934 - King Albert II, Belgian king
 * 1934 - Helga Haase, East German skater (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1936 - Ferdinand van Altena, Dutch choreographer (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1936 - Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter and poet (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1936 - Levi Stubbs, American singer and actor (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1938 - Henry of Teylingen, Dutch poet, writer and translator (deceased in 1998 )
 * 1939 - Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer
 * 1940 - Edgar Froese, German artist (deceased in 2015 )
 * 1942 - Coosje van Bruggen, Dutch-American sculptor (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1942 - Norberto Rivera, Mexican Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico
 * 1943 - Denise Zimmerman, Flemish actress (deceased in 2004 )
 * 1944 - Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist
 * 1945 - Conny Vink, Dutch singer
 * 1946 - Tony Levin, American bassist
 * 1946 - Zbigniew Seifert, Polish jazz violinist (deceased in 1979 )
 * 1946 - Leo van Veen, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 1947 - Ada Cook, Dutch swimmer
 * 1948 - Rocco Buttiglione, Italian politician and political scientist
 * 1949 - Robert Englund, American actor
 * 1950 - Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
 * 1950 - Dan Shaver, American race car driver (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1951 - Erik De Beck, Belgian athlete
 * 1951 - Hugo Polderman, Dutch politician
 * 1952 - Anders Kallur, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1953 - Jan Durnez, Belgian politician
 * 1955 - Sandra Bernhard, American actress, singer and writer
 * 1955 - Sam Simon, American screenwriter (deceased in 2015 )
 * 1956 - Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
 * 1956 - Ryszard Wójcik, Polish football referee
 * 1957 - Stefano Braschi, Italian football referee
 * 1959 - Marcel Musters, Dutch actor
 * 1959 - Dag Erik Pedersen, Norwegian cyclist
 * 1960 - Karina Content, Dutch ex-prostitute, politician and publicist
 * 1960 - Steve Vai, American guitarist
 * 1961 - Tom Araya, Chilean singer and bassist ( Slayer )
 * 1961 - Michel Dernies, Belgian cyclist
 * 1963 - Lulu Aertgeerts, Flemish actress and choreographer
 * 1964 - Nelli Cooman, Dutch-Surinamese athlete
 * 1965 - Johan Oomen, Dutch snooker referee
 * 1966 - Faure Gnassingbé, Togolese President
 * 1966 - Fernando Kanapkis, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1966 - Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
 * 1967 - Paul Giamatti, American actor
 * 1968 - Prudencio Indurain, Spanish cyclist
 * 1968 - Bart Voskamp, Dutch cyclist
 * 1968 - Edwin Vurens, Dutch footballer
 * 1969 - Jeroen Fast, Dutch television presenter
 * 1970 - Albert Ferrer, Spanish footballer and football coach
 * 1970 - James Shaffer, American guitarist
 * 1970 - Yoshiko Yamamoto, Japanese athlete
 * 1971 - Attila Pinte, Slovak footballer
 * 1972 - Vicente Madrigal, Filipino businessman and senator
 * 1973 - Benamar Meskine, Algerian boxer
 * 1974 - Rolando Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
 * 1975 - Staci Keanan, American actress
 * 1976 - Paul Esseveldt, Dutch hockey
 * 1976 - Laurens ten Heuvel, Dutch footballer
 * 1976 - Devis Mangia, Italian football coach
 * 1977 - David Connolly, Irish footballer
 * 1977 - Tony Sergeant, Belgian footballer
 * 1977 - Workenesh Tola, Ethiopian athlete
 * 1978 - Judith Barsi, American child star (deceased in 1988 )
 * 1979 - Solenne Figuès, French swimmer
 * 1979 - Lisanne de Roever, Dutch hockey star
 * 1982 - Marian Oprea, Romanian athlete
 * 1982 - Yvonne Wisse, Dutch athlete
 * 1983 - Tom Criel, Belgian cyclist
 * 1983 - Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
 * 1985 - Sota Hirayama, Japanese footballer
 * 1985 - Thomas Mogendorff, Dutch short tracker
 * 1985 - Leila Vaziri, American swimmer
 * 1986 - Leslie Carter, American singer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1986 - Pieter Jacobs, Belgian cyclist
 * 1986 - Stefanie Köhle, Austrian alpineskiester
 * 1986 - Jeffrey Swift, Dutch footballer
 * 1987 - Cássio Ramos, Brazilian football goalkeeper
 * 1988 - Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian athlete
 * 1988 - Jessy Lebsir, Belgian footballer
 * 1988 - Thijsje Oenema, Dutch skater
 * 1989 - Eliud Kiptanui, Kenyan athlete
 * 1989 - Paweł Wojciechowski, Polish athlete
 * 1991 - Lucas van Alphen, Dutch skater
 * 1993 - Eddie Cheever III, Italian racing driver
 * 1994 - Josip Koninckx, Flemish actor
 * 1994 - Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer
 * 1994 - Maxence Parrot, Canadian snowboarder

Deceased [ edit ]
Esther Williams deceased in 2013
 * 913 - Alexander (43), Byzantine emperor
 * 1134 - Norbert, order and founder Archbishop of Magdeburg
 * 1784 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol (42), Dutch politician
 * 1831 - Jeremy Bentham (84), philosopher
 * 1843 - Friedrich Hölderlin (73), German poet and writer
 * 1861 - Camillo Benso di Cavour (50), Italian politician
 * 1878 - Robert Stirling (87), Scottish clergyman and inventor
 * 1881 - Henri Vieuxtemps (61), Belgian violinist and composer
 * 1891 - Sir John Macdonald (76), first Prime Minister of Canada
 * 1929 - Richard Réti (40), Hungarian chess
 * 1944 - Wilhelm Falley (46), German General
 * 1944 - Adam May (66), Dutch scientist
 * 1944 - Henk touch (23) Dutch resistance fighter
 * 1944 - Albert Jan Rozeman (30) Dutch resistance fighter
 * 1945 - Meinoud Rost van Tonningen (51), Dutch banker, collaborator, journalist, politician and SS
 * 1946 - Gerhart Hauptmann (83), German playwright
 * 1947 - Tjeerd van der Weide, former NSB -burgemeester of Velsen
 * 1951 - Tomas Confesor (60), Filipino politician
 * 1956 - Hiram Bingham (80), American explorer, governor and senator
 * 1961 - Carl Gustav Jung (85), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist
 * 1962 - Yves Klein (34), French painter
 * 1967 - Fernando Paternoster (64), Argentine footballer and football coach
 * 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy (42), American politician
 * 1985 - Willy Bocklant (44), Belgian cyclist
 * 1986 - Johnnie Tolan (68), American race car driver
 * 1988 - Jacques Ledoux (66/67), Belgian fimhistoricus, -conservator and -archivaris
 * 1992 - Theo van Lier (76) Dutch resistance fighter in World War II and politician
 * 1997 - Eitel Cantoni (90), Uruguayan racing driver
 * 2003 - Dave Rowberry (62), keyboardist of The Animals
 * 2005 - Anne Bancroft (73), American actress
 * 2005 - Jan Verbeeck (92), Belgian opera singer
 * 2006 - Renate Limbach (34), Dutch chess player and educator
 * 2006 - Arnold Newman (88), U.S. photographer
 * 2006 - Billy Preston (59), American pianist and soul singer
 * 2006 - Hilton Ruiz (54), American jazz pianist
 * 2006 - Léon Weil (109), French soldier, resistance fighter
 * 2007 - Gerrit Mints (58), Dutch footballer
 * 2008 - Victor Wégria (71), Belgian footballer
 * 2009 - Charles Arnold-Baker (93), English lawyer and historian
 * 2009 - Jean Dausset (92), French immunologist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 2009 - Bobby Haarms (75), Dutch footballer and coach
 * 2009 - Mary Howard (94), American film actress
 * 2009 - Ronny Rens (76), Surinamese journalist
 * 2012 - Aad Muntz (77), Dutch adman
 * 2013 - Dim Kesber (83), Dutch jazz musician
 * 2013 - Tom Sharpe (85), British author
 * 2013 - Esther Williams (91), American actress and swimming champion
 * 2014 - Eric Hill (86), British children's author and -Illustrator
 * 2014 - Lorna Wing (85), British psychiatrist

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * National Day of Sweden
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Norbert of Gennep († 1134 ) - Free Remembrance
 * Saint Bertrand (Aquileia) († 1350 )
 * Saints Paulina , Artemius and Candida (Rome) († 302 )
 * Holy Claudius (Besançon) († 699 )
 * Holy Gilbert (Neuf Fontaine) († 1152 )
 * Saint Marcellin (us) Champagnat († 1840 )
 * St. Jarlath (Tuam) († c. 540 )
 * Blessed Rafael Guízar y Valencia († 1938 )

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1923 - Lowest mean daily temperature 9.1 ° C
 * 1950 - Highest mean daily temperature is 23.6 ° C
 * 1924 - Lowest minimum temperature 2.4 ° C
 * 1910 - Highest maximum temperature 31.1 ° C
 * 1927 - Highest hourly average wind speed 13.9 m / s
 * 1940 - Longest sunshine duration 15.3 hours
 * 1943 - Longest rainfall duration 12.2 hours
 * 1943 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 52.5 mm
 * 1933 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 47%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1871 and 1923 - Lowest mean daily temperature 9.1 ° C
 * 1950 - Highest mean daily temperature is 24.3 ° C
 * 1923 - Lowest minimum temperature 4.8 ° C
 * 1950 - Highest maximum temperature 30.3 ° C
 * 1986 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 26.9 mm
 * 1962 - Pressure in Uccle: 1034.9 hPa (air pressure reduced to sea level).
 * 1985 - Violent thunderstorms with hail spectacular: it is all white in Oudenaarde.
 * 1998 - Hail Showers in the region of Kortrijk and Mouscron hailstones up to 5 cm.