A republican uprising known as the June Rebellion was put down by French authorities in Paris on June 6, 1832. The rebels sought the abdication of French King Louis Philippe I, who assumed the throne two years prior following the overthrow of King Charles X. Louis Philippe would go on to rule until 1848 when he was overthrown in the wave of revolutions that took hold across Europe that year. Author Victor Hugo would later dramatize the June Rebellion in his novel Les Miserables Read excerpts of contemporary coverage about the June Rebellion from the Guardian.

On June 6, 1861, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour died He was the first Prime Minister of a united Italy and the political leader of his nation's unification movement. After Italian unification, Cavour was responsible for the creation of the Italian constitutional monarchy and its founding political documents.

On June 6, 1934, the US Securities and Exchange Commission was established to protect the interests of investors. Its first Commissioner was Joseph P. Kennedy.

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