TODAY IN W🌎RLD HISTORY
🗓🗓🗓 JUNE 6
On this day, june 6
1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992
1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, v West Indies at Headingley
1992 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car Event of Interest
1992 NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter MLB First Baseman Eddie Murray
1992 WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 (Montreal)
1993 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America & Kiss of the Spider Woman win
1993 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon Golf Tournament
1993 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic LPGA Golfer Jane Geddes
1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia
1993 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected pres of Guatemala
1993 92nd Men's French Open: Sergi Bruguera beats Jim Courier (6-4, 2-6, 6-2,3-6, 6-3)
1993 92nd Women's French Open: Steffi Graf beats Mary Joe Fernandez (4-6, 6-2, 6-4)
1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Ray Stevens
1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia (about 1000 killed)
1994 Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham
1994 CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard- drugs trade
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day
1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160killed
1994 Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham
1998 130th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Victory Gallop wins in 2:29
1998 TV sitcom "Sex and the City" premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia
1999 In Australian Rules Football, Tony Lockett breaks the record for career goals, previously 1299by Gordon Coventry and which had stood since 1937.
1999 At the Putim maximum security prison in Brazil, 345 prisoners run from the main gate in the largest jailbreak in Brazilian history, marking the 10th escape for the three-year-old facility. In the ensuing manhunt, two fugitives are killed and five innocent bystanders are accidentally jailed.
1999 53rd Tony Awards: Fosse & Side Man win Event of Interest
1999 98th Men's French Open: Andre
Agassi beats Andrei Medvedev (1-6, 2-6,
6-4, 6-3, 6-4) Tennis Legend Andre Agassi
1999 98th Women's French Open: Steffi Graf beats Martina Hingis (4-6, 7-5, 6-2)
2002 Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and
Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
2004 Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.
2004 58th Tony Awards: Avenue Q & I Am My Own Wife win
2004 103rd Men's French Open: Gaston Gaudio beats Guillermo Coria (0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6)
2004 103rd Women's French Open: Anastasia Myskina beats Elena Dementieva (6-1, 6-2)
2005 The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
2007 Stanley Cup: first time winners Anaheim Ducks defeat Ottawa Senators 4-1
2009 141st Belmont: Kent Desormeaux aboard Summer Bird wins in 2:27.54 Event of Interest
2010 109th Men's French Open: Rafael
Nadal beats Robin Soderling (6-4, 6-2, 6-4)
2010 109th Women's French Open: Francesca Schiavone beats Samantha Stosur (6-4, 7-6)
2010 56th British Academy Television Awards: "The Armstrong and Miller Show" Best Comedy, "Misfits" Best Drama
2012 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs - last transit of 21st century
2012 The Solar Impulse completes the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the sun Music Awards
2012 46th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Luke Bryan wins Singer Carrie Underwood
2013 Kevin Barry's City of Bohane wins the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2015 Convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York
2015 114th Women's French Open:
Serena Williams beats Lucie Safarova (6-3, 6-7, 6-2)
2015 23rd UEFA Champions League Final:
Barcelona beats Juventus 3-1 at Berlin
2015 147th Belmont: Victor Espinoza aboard American Pharoah wins in 2:26.65, 1st horse in 37 years to win the Triple Crown
2015 236th Epsom Derby: Golden Horn ridden by Frankie Dettori wins
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