What day of the week was June 6, 1982?

The day of the week June 6th, 1982 fell on was a Sunday.

Kenneth Rexroth the American poet and academic (b. 1905) died on this day in 1982.

The 1982 Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee the eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.