Today is Friday, June 6, the 157th day of 2025. There are 208 days left in the year. In 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London.
In 1889, an industrial accident sparked a devastating fire in Seattle, Washington, destroying 120 acres of the city center, including the majority of the city’s commercial district and waterfront.
In 1912, Novarupta, a volcano on the Alaska peninsula, began a three-day eruption, sending ash nearly 19 miles high; it was the most powerful volcanic eruption of the 20th century and the largest ever recorded in North America.
In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, New Jersey.
In 1939, the first Little League Baseball game was played as Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23-8 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.