June 6 in History

• 1683

  June 6, 1683:

  Oxford University opens the world’s first university museum known as the Ashmolean.

• 1844

  June 6, 1844:

  The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is established by George Williams in London.

• 1925

  June 6, 1925:

  Walter Chrysler establishes the car manufacturing company, Chrysler Corporation.

• 1933

  June 6, 1933:

  Camden, New Jersey, becomes home to the world’s first drive-in theatre.

• 1944

  June 6, 1944:

  American army general Dwight D. Eisenhower commands an allied army of more than 150,000 troops to invade northern France on a day known as “the D-day”.

• 1971

  June 6, 1971:

  CBS airs the finale of the Sunday night variety show, “The Ed Sullivan Show” which ran on the network for more than 20 years.

• 1982

  June 6, 1982:

  Israel invades Lebanon with the aim of defeating the Palestine Liberation Organization.

• 1997

  June 6, 1997:

  Melissa Drexler, an 18-year-old high school girl, delivers her baby at the bathroom stall during prom and proceeds to strangle the baby to death.

• 1998

  June 6, 1998:

  The first episode of “Sex and the City” is shown on HBO.

• 2004

  June 6, 2004:

  The Tony Awards honors its first African-American recipient of the “Best Actress” award, Phylicia Rashad.