The Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco, Californiaβ
Henry Ford took his car out for a trial drive around the streets of Detroitβ
Ernest Poole first to win Pulitzer Prize for novelβ
Battle of Midway begins, leading to a great American Naval victory over Japan during WWIIβ
Hockey player Gordie Howe retired at age 52β
Tiananmen Square massacreβ
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 Englandβ