On June 6, 1799, American orator Patrick Henry died in Charlotte County, Va.
In 1844 the Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London.
In 1933 the first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, N.J.
In 1942 Japanese forces retreated in the Battle of Midway.
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 Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Sirhan.
In 1976 J. Paul Getty died near London at 83.
In 1982 Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to expel PLO forces.
In 1984 Indian troops attacked Sikh extremists at the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in Amritsar in Punjab state. Hundreds were reported killed.
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.
In 1991 jazz saxophonist Stan Getz died in Malibu, Calif., at 64.
In 1996 the Senate narrowly rejected a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
In 2005 the Supreme Court ruled that people who smoke marijuana because their doctors recommend it to ease pain can be prosecuted for violating federal drug laws. Also, actor Russell Crowe was arrested for throwing a phone that hit a hotel employee in New York. And actress Anne Bancroft died in New York at 73.
