On This Day In History

June 6th, 2025

…81 years ago today

On June 6, 1944, D-Day saw Allied forces, primarily from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, launch a massive invasion of Nazi-occupied France, specifically in Normandy. This operation, codenamed Operation Overlord, marked the start of the liberation of northwestern Europe and is considered the largest amphibious invasion in history.
Key Aspects of D-Day:
The Normandy Landings: Allied troops landed on five beaches along the coast of Normandy: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
Operation Overlord: This was the overall name for the Allied invasion plan to liberate Europe.
Operation Neptune: This was the specific landing operation on D-Day.
Military Significance: D-Day is considered a turning point in World War II, as it marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe.

Thanks for posting this EF
Brings back a lot of great memories
Every Friday after lunch
We would knock off and the WWII veterans would tell their stories
Then we would make a few drinks and the guys from Nam would tell theirs

They are all gone now, my kin and the ones I knew with the stories. I still know and keep up with just one guy who fought in Korean, but he had a sweet attache job, then finished his career at the bomb plant, so he didn’t have grunt stuff to tell

Almost all my heros are gone…just dammm

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June 7th, 1942. 83 years ago today…

The Battle of Midway Ends

On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan—comes to an end. In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy.

Also today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

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June 8th, 1968

57 years ago today…

James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, is arrested

James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, King was fatally wounded by a sniper’s bullet while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Motel Lorraine. That evening, a Remington .30-06 hunting rifle was found on the sidewalk beside a rooming house one block from the Lorraine Motel. During the next several weeks, the rifle, eyewitness reports, and fingerprints on the weapon all implicated a single suspect: escaped convict James Earl Ray. A two-bit criminal, Ray escaped a Missouri prison in April 1967 while serving a sentence for a holdup. In May 1968, a massive manhunt for Ray began. The FBI eventually determined that he had obtained a Canadian passport under a false identity, which at the time was relatively easy.

On June 8, Scotland Yard investigators arrested Ray at a London airport. Ray was trying to fly to Belgium, with the eventual goal, he later admitted, of reaching Rhodesia. Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe) was at the time ruled by an oppressive and internationally condemned white minority government. Extradited to the United States, Ray stood before a Memphis judge in March 1969 and pleaded guilty to King’s murder in order to avoid the electric chair. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

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June 8th, 632ad

1392 years ago today…

Muhammad, the prophet who spread Islam, dies

In Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies in the arms of Aisha, his third and favorite wife. Some scholars have identified the date as June 8, 632, but note that the exact date is not possible to verify.

Born in Mecca of humble origins, Muhammad married a wealthy widow at 25 years old and lived the next 15 years as an unremarkable merchant. In 610, in a cave in Mount Hira north of Mecca, he had a vision in which he heard God, speaking through the angel Gabriel, command him to become the Arab prophet of the “true religion.” Thus began a lifetime of religious revelations, which he and others collected as the Qur’an. These revelations provided the foundation for the Islamic religion. Muhammad regarded himself as the last prophet of the Judaic-Christian tradition, and he adopted the theology of these older religions while introducing new doctrines. His inspired teachings also brought unity to the Bedouin tribesmen of Arabia, an event that had sweeping consequences for the rest of the world.

Also, today is National Best Friend Day. Call your bff and catch up.

Have a good one

June 9th, 1923

98 years ago today

American cash-carrying company Brink’s unveils the first armored security vans

Also, on June 9th, 1945

80 years ago today

The Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan will fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender. We all know what happens in two months (August 1945) in Heroshema and Nagisakki.

Also Today is National Donald Duck Day

Today is National Donald Duck Day because June 9th marks the date of his first on-screen appearance in the animated short “The Wise Little Hen” in 1934

Have a good one

June 10, 1692
333 Years Ago Today

First “witch” hanged in Salem Village

Being found guilty of “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries,” Bridget Bishop on this day in 1692 became the first person to be hanged during the Salem witch trials

Also Today , 85 years ago Today

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared war on France and Great Britain, formally entering Italy into World War II.

Also Today,

273 Years Ago Today.

Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm to collect ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar, enabling him to demonstrate the connection between lightning and electricity. It is one of his most famous—and mythologized—experiments.

Also Today is Herbs and Spice Day, so smoke 'em if ya got 'em Id say.

Have a good one
EF

June 11th, 1776
249 Years Ago Today

Congress appoints Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of Independence

On June 11, 1776, the Continental Congress selects Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut and Robert R. Livingston of New York to draft a declaration of independence. They have come to be known as the Committee of Five.

My personal favorite part follows,.

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

Also Today in 1949
76 Years Ago Today

Hank Williams Sr., makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. Here’s the song he sang… ,he went on to do 6 encores that evening, a record that stands to this day.

Also Today in 1979
46 Years Ago Today

John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade.

Also Today Is National Iced Tea Day.
For what it’s worth, I like California like I like my tea, with lots of ICE in it, so there’s that.

That’s all for today Pilgrims

EF

wow i didn’t know john wayne has been dead for 46 years!!

June 12, 1939
87 years ago today

The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, held its first induction ceremony; Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Honus Wagner were among the inaugural class, which had been elected three years earlier.

Also on this date in 2016
9 years ago today

The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history up to that time occurred when a gunman opened fire at Pulse, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding more than 50.

Also on this date in 1987

Speaking about the Berlin Wall as he stood at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously entreated the Soviet leader, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

Also Today is National Jerky Day

Have a good one

EF

June 13th, 1866
159 years ago today

US House of Representatives passes the 14th Amendment (Civil Rights)

Also today in 1966
59 years ago today

The US Supreme Court’s Miranda decision; suspects must be informed of rights before being incarcerated

Also today in 1983
42 years ago today

NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the 1st man-made object to leave the solar system. Last heard from in 2003 the craft is estimated to be 13 billion miles from earth as of today.

Also today is National Blame Someone Else Day,

in that light it would appear Israel has taken things today to heart. I hope we don’t talk about Friday June 13th 2025 as the date WW III started in a future one of these posts.

That’s it for today,

EF

June 14th, 1777
248 years ago today

The Continental Congress officially adopted the design of the American flag, featuring 13 stars and 13 stripes

Also on this date in 1946
79 years ago today

Donald Trump, former New York real estate mogul and 45th and 47th president of the United States is born.

Also on this date in 1922
103 years ago today

President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to speak on the radio.

Also on this date in 1775
250 Years ago today

The U.S. Army is founded when the Continental Congress authorizes the muster of troops.

Also Today, June 14th is National Bourbon Day

Cheers

EF