📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 — June 6

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• 913 — Constantine VII becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a council led by Patriarch Nicholas I of Constantinople.

• 1505 — The Lo Mustang earthquake (M8.2–8.8) hits Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in Kathmandu and the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

• 1513 — Battle of Novara: Swiss troops defeat the French and Duke Maximilian Sforza is restored in Milan.

• 1654 — Swedish Queen Christina abdicates the throne and converts to Catholicism.

• 1770 — Founding of the oldest operating opera house in Latin America: the Municipal Theater of Ouro Preto (Brazil).

• 1944 — World War II: the Normandy Landings (D-Day) begin, in Operation Overlord.

• 1982 — Start of the Lebanon War with the Israeli invasion of the southern part of the country.

*⭐ Births:*

• 1599 — Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660).

• 1714 — Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal (d. 1777).

• 1799 — Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837).

• 1875 — Thomas Mann, German writer (d. 1955).

• 1901 — Sukarno, Indonesian politician (d. 1970).

• 1909 — Isaiah Berlin, philosopher and historian (d. 1997).

• 1903 — Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978).

*🕊️ Deaths:*

• 1832 — Jeremy Bentham, British philosopher and jurist (b. 1748).

• 1948 — Louis Lumière, French cinema pioneer (b. 1864).

• 1961 — Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychologist (b. 1875).

• 1968 — Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (b. 1925).

• 1976 — Jean Paul Getty, American industrialist (b. 1892).

• 2000 — Moreira da Silva, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1902).

• 2005 — Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931).

*📍 Holidays and Recurring Events:*

*Brazil:*

* National Neonatal Screening Day (Heel Prick Test)

* National Tax-Free Day

* Anniversary of the city of Açailândia, Maranhão.

* Anniversary of the city of Formiga, Minas Gerais.

* Anniversary of the city of Lagoa Dourada, Minas Gerais.

* Anniversary of the city of Sertanópolis, Paraná.

* Anniversary of the city of Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo.

* International Logistics Day
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