EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 6
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Day 156 of 2026 | Week 23 | 203 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
Russo-Ukrainian War: The Kakhovka Dam is destroyed.
Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the DariΓ©n Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.
The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Toomebridge
Italian engineer and the Engineering Director of the Mercedes Formula One team
American football safety (Super Bowl XXVII
Irish keyboard player (Trio Scordatura)
American CEO of Big Cat Rescue and media personality (Tiger King)
Spanish actress (Wheels on Meals
Swedish drummer (Roxette - "Listen to Your Heart")
American rock guitarist
English actress (Max Headroom; Off Limits)
American comedian and writer (SNL
American freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 74kg 1984; World C'ship gold 1983)
British comedian and actress (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Eastenders: Enchanted April)
English cricket batsman (79 Tests
American physician/astronaut (STS 58 alt
American actress (Carey-King's Crossing)
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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