WHAT HAPPENED ON 6. JUNE
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More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour. (6. June 1882)

The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River. (6. June 1882)

The Great Seattle fire destroys all of downtown Seattle, Washington. (6. June 1889)

Chicago 'L' (commuter rail system) begins operation (6. June 1892)

Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike. (6. June 1894)

French troops capture Abéché (in modern-day Chad) and install a puppet sultan in the Ouaddai Empire. (6. June 1909)

The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. (6. June 1912)

World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry. (6. June 1918)

The Republic of Prekmurje ends. (6. June 1919)

Southwark Bridge in London is opened for traffic by King George V and Queen Mary. (6. June 1921)

The Revenue Act of 1932 is enacted, creating the first gas tax in the United States, at a rate of 1 cent per US gallon (1⁄4 ¢/L) sold. (6. June 1932)

The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States. (6. June 1933)

New Deal: the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Act of 1933 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (6. June 1934)

Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead. (6. June 1939)

World War II: Battle of Midway. U.S. Navy dive bombers sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma and four Japanese carriers. (6. June 1942)

World War II: the Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. (6. June 1944)

The National Basketball Association is created, with eleven teams. (6. June 1946)

Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume. (6. June 1964)

Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Party senator from New York and brother of 35th President John F. Kennedy, dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 5. (6. June 1968)

Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 is launched. (6. June 1971)