Discover what happened on June 6 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

This Day In History: First drive-in movie theater opens, Camden, New Jersey, June 6, 1933

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian - the U.S. president - would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.

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Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.&nbsp;

The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

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India, a large and diverse South Asian country located on its own subcontinent, has a fascinating history that includes the Taj Mahal, Mahatma Gandhi and his Salt March, and more.

The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. It was led by people like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Little Rock Nine and many others.&nbsp;

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Art history tells the complex story of human civilization through art and design. It ranges from prehistoric art of the Neolithic period through Renaissance masterpieces, Impressionism, Modernism, the Bauhaus and contemporary art.

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<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.

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Edward Snowden discloses U.S. government operations

World’s first university museum opens in Oxford, England

President Jackson rides the Iron Horse

Civil rights activist James Meredith shot

Indian army storms Golden Temple

Battle of Belleau Wood begins

D‑Day: Allies storm Normandy’s coast

U.S. reconnaissance jets shot down over Laos

William Quantrill killed by Union soldiers

“The Ed Sullivan Show” airs for the very last time

“Sex and the City” premieres on HBO

Train derails in India, killing hundreds

A teenaged mother gives birth and murders her baby at the prom

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