Today in D-Day History
World War Two Topics: Battle of Bulge - Dunkirk - Guadalcanal - Pearl Harbor
Historical Events
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1943-12-01 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1943-12-23 - Gen Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
1944-01-31 - Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June
1944-04-28 - Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats
1944-05-15 - Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1944-05-17 - General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th
1944-05-26 - 82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mere Eglise
1944-06-04 - 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day
1944-06-05 - 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
1944-06-06 - Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion
1944-06-06 - D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France
Famous Birthdays
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1926-04-22 - James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight
1944-07-11 - Bill Boggs, Phila, TV host/producer (Midday, Morton Downey Jr Show)
1971-04-09 - Austin Peck, Hawaii, actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)
Famous Deaths
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1944-06-06 - Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
1992-06-25 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
1992-09-23 - James A Van Fleet, US general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100
