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Friday June 6, 2014 This is the 157th day of the year, with 208 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: ballet Ballet can be described as a combination of music, dance, and mime used to tell a story. Classical ballet style developed from a form of entertainment enjoyed more than 300 years ago by the royal families of Europe, and the original French names for most of the steps and jumps are still in use today. The art of planning each step and movement of a performance is called choreography. Many dancers study classical ballet and supplement it with modern styles.
Holidays Feast Day of St. Jarlath, St. Gudwal, St. Ceratius, St. Norbert, Saints Primus and Felician, St. Claude of Besançon, St. Eustorgius II of Milan, and St. Philip the Deacon.
Korea: Memorial Day.
Sweden: Flag Day.
United States, United Kingdom: D-Day.
Events 1636 - Puritan American colonist Roger Williams, banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded Providence, Rhode Island, a colony with complete religious freedom.
1683 - The Ashmolean, the world's first university museum, opened in Oxford, England.
1844 - The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded, in London.
1918 - The first large-scale battle fought by American soldiers in World War I began, in Belleau Wood, northwest of Paris.
1925 - Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.
1933 - The first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, New Jersey.
1934 - The Securities and Exchange Commission was established.
1944 - The "D-Day" invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.
1967 - President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Suez Canal, alleging that U.S. and British forces were aiding Israel.
1984 - The Indian army attacked Sikh extremists at the Golden Temple of Amristar.
2005 - The United States Supreme Court rejects medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
Births 1599 - Diego y Velasquez, Spanish painter.
1755 - Nathan Hale, American patriot, Revolutionary War military officer.
1756 - John Trumbull, American soldier, diplomat, author, and painter.
1799 - Aleksander Pushkin, Russian poet.
1868 - Robert Falcon Scott, English Antarctic explorer.
1875 - Thomas Mann, Nobel Prize-winning German author.
1932 - David Scott, American astronaut and one of only twelve people who have walked on the moon.
1956 - Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player.
1961 - Tom Araya (born Tomás Enrique Araya), Chilean musician.
1967 - Paul Giamatti, American actor.
Deaths 1799 - Patrick Henry, American revolutionary.
1891 - John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.
1941 - Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born American race car driver, and the founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
1961 - Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist.
1968 - Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary.
1976 - J. Paul Getty, American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company.
2005 - Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano), American actress.
2006 - Billy Preston, American soul musician.
2006 - Arnold Newman, American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians.
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