Year 1674
Coronation of the Shivaji Maharaj, Founder of the great Maratha Empire.
JUNE 6
Daily Historical Chronicle
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6 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 6 June.
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Queensland Day (Queensland)
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Year 1833
Andrew Jackson became the first president of the United States.
Year 1850
Levi Strauss made the very first pair of blue denim.
Year 1882
Electronic iron patented by Henry W. Seely of New York City. Back then, it named an electronic flatiron.
Year 1903
Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisement sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic.
Year 1907
John Morley, U.K. Government State Secretary, declares "it will not withdraw from India under any circumstance
Year 1944
D-Day, World War II – Allies attacked a German camp in Normandy, France, in a single night, killing thousands and capturing thousands.
Year 1947
Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicably settle all outstanding points with Congress.
Year 1961
Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
Year 1981
The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river
Year 1984
Operation Blue Star ended. 576 killed, 335 injured.
Year 1984
One of the most popular video games, Tetris was released for the first time in USSR.
Year 1986
Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
Year 1997
U.S. Congress honors Mother Teresa with a gold medal.
Year 2000
Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
Year 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.
Born 1596
Sikh Guru Har Govindji, the sixth Sikh guru, was born. He fashioned a military role for the Sikhs.
Born 1867
Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
Born 1890
Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born.
Born 1891
Venkatesh Iyengar Masti, famous Kannad poet, story writer, novelist, playwrigh, and critic, was born.
Born 1903
Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist, well-known Bible teacher and preacher (d. 2000)
Born 1909
Morappakam Joysam Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34), was born in Maduranthakam, Madras.
Born 1919
Rajinder Krishan, an Indian poet, lyricist, and screenwriter.
Born 1922
Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, the cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964.
Born 1924
S. R. Bommai, former President of Janata Dal, was born.
Born 1929
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (d. 2005)
Born 1935
Harry Crews, great US writer, and actor (Indian Runner), was born.
Born 1936
D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (d. 2015)
Born 1940
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, Indian-English engineer and academic
Born 1943
Asif Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
Born 1955
Suresh Bhardwaj, Indian stage designer, director and theatre teacher (d. 2016)
Born 1970
Sunil Joshi, Indian cricketer
Born 1988
Neha Kakkar, an Indian singer.
Died 1861
Camilo Benso, Italy’s first prime minister.
Died 1916
Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away
Died 1941
Louis Chevrolet, a Swiss-American race car driver, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
Died 1982
Devraj Ars, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
Died 2002
Shanta Shelke, a Marathi poet and writer.