A Raisin in the Sun
Actress Phylicia Rashad accepts the 2004 Tony Award for best leading actress in a play for "A Raisin in the Sun" at The American Theater Wing's 58th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, June 6, 2004. Reuters

On this day in history, Russia began construction on St. Petersburg in the year 1703.

In 1933, the first ever drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey.

In 1998, HBO premiered, Sex and the City, a show which gained international success, and was followed by two feature films, starring the original cast.

IN 2004, actress Phylicia Rashad won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actress, for A Raisin in the Sun.