June 6 - The Day in History

June 6 : General Interest 1944: D-Day Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II... read more American Revolution 1775 : New York Patriot Marinus Willet seizes British weapons http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-patriot-marinus-willet-seizes-british-weapons Automotive 1933 : First drive-in movie theater opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-drive-in-movie-theater-opens Civil War 1862 : Union claims Memphis in naval battle http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-memphis Cold War 1977 : Vance affirms Carter's interest in human rights http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vance-affirms-carters-interest-in-human-rights Crime 1997 : A teenaged mother gives birth and murders her baby at the prom http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-teenaged-mother-gives-birth-and-murders-her-baby-at-the-prom Disaster 1981 : Train avoids cow, but kills 600 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-avoids-cow-but-kills-600 General Interest 1683 : The Ashmolean opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-ashmolean-opens 1833 : President Jackson rides the Iron Horse http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-jackson-rides-the-iron-horse 1966 : James Meredith shot http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-meredith-shot 1984 : Indian army storms Golden Temple http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indian-army-storms-golden-temple Hollywood 1998 : Sex and the City premieres on HBO http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sex-and-the-city-premieres-on-hbo Literary 1949 : George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four is published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-is-published Music 1971 : The Ed Sullivan Show airs for the very last time http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-ed-sullivan-show-airs-for-the-very-last-time Old West 1865 : William Quantrill killed by Union soldiers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-quantrill-killed-by-union-soldiers Presidential 1944 : General Dwight D. Eisenhower launches Operation Overlord http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-dwight-d-eisenhower-launches-operation-overlord Sports 1992 : Eddie Murray sets career RBI record for a switch hitter http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eddie-murray-sets-career-rbi-record-for-a-switch-hitter Vietnam War 1964 : U.S. reconnaissance jets shot down over Laos http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-reconnaissance-jets-shot-down-over-laos 1972 : South Vietnamese forces clear Kontum of communist troops http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-forces-clear-kontum-of-communist-troops World War I 1918 : Battle of Belleau Wood begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-belleau-wood-begins World War II 1944 : Allies invade France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-invade-france

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