The Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco, California β
Henry Ford took his car out for a trial drive around the streets of Detroit β
Ernest Poole first to win Pulitzer Prize for novel β
Battle of Midway begins, leading to a great American Naval victory over Japan during WWII β
Hockey player Gordie Howe retired at age 52 β
Tiananmen Square massacre β
Eric Ozolins caught a 13-foot-long hammerhead shark, with a girth of 80 inches, off the coast of Padre Island in Texas. The shark was then released. β
Weather
Early-season hurricanes wrecked ships from Cuba to New England β