He June 6, 1944during the World War IIthe Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy, Francein a deployment of more than 160 kilometers.
1808.- Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims his brother Joseph, king of Spain and its Indies.
1844.- George Williams founded the YMCA (Youth’s Christian Association) in London, which would branch out to several countries.
1946.- The Basketball Association of America is born, which in 1949 was renamed the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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1869.- A Constitution is promulgated in Spain after the triumph of the Revolution of 1868 that ended the reign of Isabel II.
1918.- The Monumental Bullring of Seville is inaugurated.
1919.- The newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia publishes the manifesto of the fascist movement, signed by Benito Mussolini.
1925.- The Rioja Denomination of Origin (wines) is made official, the oldest in Spain.
1930.- The first frozen foods go on sale in the United States.
1954.- The first European television link, called Eurovision, is carried out on an experimental basis, showing images of the Narcissus Festival in Montreux (Switzerland).
1968.- US Senator Robert Kennedy dies, shot the day before at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
1969.- Elton John publishes his first album, ‘Empty sky’.
1982.- Israel invades southern Lebanon.
1984.- The first version of Tetris, a video game created by the Russian programmer Alexey Pajitnov, is launched.
1995.- The death penalty is abolished in South Africa.
1994.- More than 1,100 deaths after the earthquake of 6 degrees on the Richter scale registered in Cauca and Huila (Colombia).
2001.- The cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is sentenced by a Los Angeles jury to pay more than $3 billion to a cancer patient.
2012.- Global launch of IPv6, an Internet protocol that allows various devices to be connected by identifying them with a unique address.
2020.- Washington and New York are the scene of massive protests over the murder, on May 25, of the African-American George Floid.
2023.- A Russian explosion destroys the New Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric plant in Ukraine.
2024.- The Enjoy restaurant in Barcelona, chosen the best in the world, by The World’s Best 50 Restaurants.
1436.- Johannes Regiomontanus, German astronomer and mathematician, one of the fathers of trigonometry.
1599.- Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter.
1799.- Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and novelist.
1875.- Thomas Mann, German novelist, Nobel Prize winner in 1929.
1891.- Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, Spanish bullfighter.
1901.- Sukarno, founder of the Indonesian State.
1919.- Lord Carrington, British politician.
1926.- Juan Lladró, Spanish ceramist and businessman.
1934.- Albert II, king of Belgium.
1956.- Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player.
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1962.- Jordi Arcarons, Spanish motorcycle racer.
.- Andrés Jiménez, Spanish basketball player.
1967.- Paul Giamatti, American actor.
1970.- Albert Ferrer Llopis, ‘Chapi’, Spanish footballer.
1977.- Zaida Cantera, Spanish soldier and politician.
1941.- Luis Chevrolet, American co-founder of the car brand that bears his name.
1948.- Louis Lumiere, inventor of the cinematograph.
1961.- Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychologist.
1968.- Robert Kennedy, US senator.
1976.- Jean Paul Getty, American oil businessman.
2005.- Anne Bancroft, American actress.
.- Manuel Codeso, Spanish actor and comedian.
2006.- Billy Preston, American keyboardist known as the ‘fifth Beatle’.
.- Arnold Newman, American photographer.
2007.- Enrique Fuentes Quintana, Spanish economist and politician.
2012.- Estela Raval, Argentine singer of Los Cinco Latinos.
2013.- Tom Sharpe, British novelist.
.- Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer.
2014.- Dario Barrio, Spanish chef.
2016.- Viktor Korchnoi, Swiss chess player of Russian origin.
2017.- Adnan Kashoggi, Saudi arms trafficker.
.- François Houtart, Belgian liberation theologian and sociologist.
2018.- Pepe Cavero, Spanish journalist.
2019.- Dr. John, American pianist and composer.
2020.- Jordi Mestre, Spanish actor.
2021.- Óscar Sánchez Zafra, Spanish actor.
2022.- Jim Seals, American musician.
2023.- Françoise Gilot, French painter, was Picasso’s partner.
2024.- Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect, winner of the Pritzker Prize.
