Historically Speaking of June 6th

June 6, 2006

Notable events from this date:

• 1978 - Proposition 13 reduces California property taxes by a mere 57%
• 1972 - David Bowie releases his classic album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”
• 1971 - The Ed Sullivan Show has its last network broadcast
• 1949 - Big Brother begins watching as George Orwell publishes 1984
• 1944 - D-Day in Europe, Allied forces invade Northern France to drive out Nazis
• 1934 - FDR signs the Securities Exchange Act establishing the Securities Exchange Commission
• 1933 - The first drive-in movie opens in Camden, NJ
• 1664 - New Amsterdam is renamed New York City

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