Today In History: June 6, 2005

[Seneca]

June 6, 2005


Today in history


On this date:

• In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.

• In 1918, the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood, which resulted in a U.S. victory over the Germans, began in France.

• In 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.

• In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, N.J.

• In 1942, Japanese forces retreated in the World War II Battle of Midway.

• In 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

• In 1966, black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.

• In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

• In 1978, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.

• In 1985, authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious "Angel of Death" of the Nazi Holocaust.

[mikita]

1. and today I just sadly learned

that my nephew is being shipped out to Kuwait (navy).

It makes me so sad, although he did this to himself, and his father, my brother, is proud as punch.

I want to throw up and strangle my brother -- the young man going away will never be the same.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Seneca]

2. I am sorry to hear that

May he be safe, and return home safely.

[mikita]

3. thank you -- I CAN'T stop crying n/t