R.I.P., Esther Williams. Happy birthday, Maxine Kumin and Bjorn Borg. Past June 6s: 1872: Susan B. Anthony votes. She is arrested but refuses to pay the imposed fine. She is freed by a judge who does not want the case pursued. 1885: Sitting Bull signs contract to work in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. 1887: J. S. Pemberton’s Coca-Cola label is trademark registered. 1897: Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo set out in a small open rowboat from New York Harbor to row across the Atlantic in the 18-foot “Fox.” With no mast or sails (only five spare pairs of oars), they pull constantly for 55 days, reaching St. Mary’s in the Scilly Islands (off England). 1933: First drive-in movie opens in Camden, New Jersey. 1944: D-Day. The Allies land in Normandy. 1971: Forty Native Americans camp at sacred Black Hills site atop Mount Rushmore; 20 are arrested. They are demanding the U.S. honor the terms of the 1868 treaty with the Sioux Nation granting them the Black Hills territory. 1981: Maya Yang Lin wins American competition for design of Vietnam War memorial. 2012: A solar plane, The Solar Impulse, lands in Morocco after completing the world’s first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun.
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