Historical Events -  June 6

1674: Coronation of the Shivaji Maharaj, Founder of the great Maratha Empire. 

1833: Andrew Jackson became the first president of the United States.

1850: Levi Strauss made the very first pair of blue denim.

1882: Electronic iron patented by Henry W. Seely of New York City. Back then, it named an electronic flatiron.

1944: D-Day, World War II – Allies attacked a German camp in Normandy, France, in a single night, killing thousands and capturing thousands.

1984: One of the most popular video games, Tetris was released for the first time in USSR. 

1984: Operation Blue Star ended. 576 killed, 335 injured.

2004: Tamil was declared a classical language by the President of India.

Famous Birthdays – June 6

1890: Gopinath Bordoloi, a politician and Indian independence activist who served as the first Chief Minister of Assam. 

1891: Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, a writer in Kannada language.

1919: Rajinder Krishan, an Indian poet, lyricist, and screenwriter.

1929: Sunil Dutt, an Indian film actor, producer, director, and politician.

1988: Neha Kakkar, an Indian singer. 

Death Anniversaries -  June 6

1861: Camilo Benso, Italy’s first prime minister.

1941: Louis Chevrolet, a Swiss-American race car driver, co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.

2002: Shanta Shelke, a Marathi poet and writer.