FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1980
Date: 06 June 1980
Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official and former television personality who is serving as the United States secretary of defense since 2025.
Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper. In 2003, he was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Minnesota Army National Guard, serving at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth worked for several organizations after leaving Iraq, including as an executive director at Vets For Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America. He became a contributor to Fox News in 2014. Hegseth served as an advisor to President Donald Trump after supporting his campaign in 2016. From 2017 to 2024, Hegseth co-hosted Fox & Friends Weekend. He has written several books, including American Crusade (2020) and The War on Warriors (2024).
In November 2024, President-elect Trump named Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense. In a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing days before Trump's second inauguration, Hegseth faced allegations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement, and excessive drinking. Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate that month, with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote. It was only the second time in US history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by a vice president, following Betsy DeVos during the first Trump administration in 2017. Hegseth is the second-youngest secretary of defense after Donald Rumsfeld, who first occupied the position in the Ford administration.
Hegseth has drawn criticism during his tenure as Secretary of Defense for a variety of actions such as: the fallout from a leaked government group chat on Signal, alleged war crimes related to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea, promoting Christianity inside the military, using unmarked military planes for boat strikes, and the use of force and the rules of engagement in the 2026 Iran war.
llegir més...El 6 de juny de 1980 era un divendres sota el signe estrella de ♊. Era el 157 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Jimmy Carter.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 46 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dissabte, 6 de juny de 2026, fa 28 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el diumenge, 6 de juny de 2027, d'aquí a 336 dies. Heu viscut durant 16.829 dies, o unes 403.913 hores, o uns 24.234.783 minuts, o uns 1.454.086.980 segons.
Date: 06 June 1980
journalists at Australia's Government-run broadcasting agency vote to join for 24 hours nationwide strike of their newspaper colleagues in dispute over electronic editing terminals; strike halts production at 2 nationally circulated newspapers, Australian and Financial Review, and forces management to put out 4 Sydney newspapers and 3 in Melbourne (S)
Date: 06 June 1980
Beirut bureau chief of Reuters Bernd Debusmann is wounded by unidentified gunman who fired at him from car (S)