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The Invasion of Fortress Europa

Eisenhower selected June 5, 1944, as the date for the invasion; however, bad weather on the days leading up to the operation caused it to be delayed for 24 hours. On the morning of June 5, after his meteorologist predicted improved conditions for the following day, Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord. He told the troops: “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”

Later that day, more than 5,000 ships and landing craft carrying troops and supplies left England for the trip across the Channel to France, while more than 11,000 aircraft were mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion.
 
The first Nationally televised sporting event aired in 1952 when Jersey Joe Walcott defeated Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds. Walcott would lose the heavyweight title shortly after to Rocky Marciano.
 
June 6, 1933

The first of the modern drive-in theaters opens, in Camden, New Jersey. It held 400 cars, had a 40 x 50 ft (12 x 15 m) screen, and advertised with the slogan, "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are." The cost was $0.25 per car plus $0.25 per person.
There is no notation of when the first person entered for free while hiding in the trunk.
 
Thinking of you today cousin Dave. You are my #1 hero and I will never forget your sacrifice for my freedom :Salute:

KIA: Farm van den Heuvel, near Wylerbaan, Holland - 27 Sept 1944
Memorialized: Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten, Netherlands: Tablets of the Missing

If you've watched the film "A Bridge Too Far", a portion of that film focused on my cousin's 82nd Airborne, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment's (PIR) assault crossing over the Maas River during Operation Market Garden, utilizing canvas boats and their rifle stocks as oars, all while being under tremendous shelling by the German Infantry and Artillery. I watch that movie every year between Memorial Day and the D-Day Anniversary just to keep him and his brothers in arms in my thoughts. It's amazing he and fortunately many of his brothers lived through that hell, only to be KIA a month later.
 
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#OnThisDay the 1978 South African Grand Prix celebrated the 300th World Championship Grand Prix since the series’ beginning in 1950. Held in Kyalami, the race also featured the debut of future world champion Keke Rosberg

@Eephus
 
March 18, 1925
(100 years ago today)
Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado
"The deadliest twister in recorded U.S. history struck 100 years ago Tuesday, touching down in southeastern Missouri and tearing up everything in its 219-mile (352-kilometer) path for nearly four hours through southern Illinois and into Indiana. It left 695 people dead and more than 2,000 injured, not counting the casualties from at least seven other twisters that the main storm spawned which spun off through Kentucky and into Alabama."
"Perhaps the best evidence of its destructive handiwork was found on the Logan School grounds: A wooden board measuring 4 feet (1.22 meters) long by 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) wide driven so deeply into the trunk of a maple tree that it could hold the weight of a man."

The map of that tornado's path is just incredible.
 
Hard to believe none of you led off with this day in worm history:

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First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms are ratified.
 
50 years ago today, former Pink Floyd man Syd Barrett paid an unscheduled visit to Abbey Road studios while the band were recording Wish You Were Here.

"Everyone’s story is fractionally different," drummer Nick Mason told Prog. "Whether he came once, or twice, what he said, all the rest of it. All I can say is that he was definitely there, and it was weird."
 
On June 12, 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was convicted of election fraud

Better link: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-12/indira-gandhi-convicted-of-election-fraud

During the next few years, she presided over increasing civil unrest brought on by food shortages, inflation, and regional disputes. Her administration was criticized for its strong-arm tactics in dealing with these problems. Meanwhile, charges by the Socialist Party that she had defrauded the 1971 election led to a national scandal. In 1975, the High Court in Allahabad convicted her of a minor election infraction and banned her from politics for six years. In response, she declared a state of emergency throughout India, imprisoned thousands of political opponents, and restricted personal freedoms in the country. Among several controversial programs during this period was the forced sterilization of men and women as a means of controlling population growth.
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July 12, 1979
Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park

www.chicagohistory.org

Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park - Chicago History Museum

“Disco Demolition Night" was an infamous promotional event at a July 12, 1979, Chicago White Sox doubleheader that erupted into chaos.
www.chicagohistory.org www.chicagohistory.org

To encourage attendance, the White Sox hosted WLUP 97.9 rock DJ Steve Dahl, who was known for mocking disco and had been fired from a previous radio job when the station switched from rock to disco. They asked fans to bring a disco record to the ballpark in exchange for 98-cent admission, and those LPs were to be gathered and then blown up in a controlled explosion between games.
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A record crowd showed up—officially 47,795, but an estimated more than 50,000 got into ballpark and approximately 15,000 to 20,000 people lingered outside. During the first game, the crowd of mostly young people was disruptive, throwing uncollected LPs, empty bottles, lighters, and firecrackers onto the field, stopping the game several times. Though a crate of records was blown up by Dahl in center field between games as planned, as the Sox started to warm up for game 2, attendees started to rush onto the field. With security focused on keeping gate-jumpers from entering the ballpark from outside, the crowd could not be held back. An estimated 7,000 people were on the field for 40 minutes before security and police in tactical gear were able to remove them. In that time, a bonfire was set in center field, a batting cage was destroyed, and bases were stolen. Ultimately 39 people were arrested, and the Sox had to forfeit game 2.
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fatness said:
July 12, 1979
Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park

www.chicagohistory.org

Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park - Chicago History Museum

“Disco Demolition Night" was an infamous promotional event at a July 12, 1979, Chicago White Sox doubleheader that erupted into chaos.
www.chicagohistory.org www.chicagohistory.org

To encourage attendance, the White Sox hosted WLUP 97.9 rock DJ Steve Dahl, who was known for mocking disco and had been fired from a previous radio job when the station switched from rock to disco. They asked fans to bring a disco record to the ballpark in exchange for 98-cent admission, and those LPs were to be gathered and then blown up in a controlled explosion between games.
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A record crowd showed up—officially 47,795, but an estimated more than 50,000 got into ballpark and approximately 15,000 to 20,000 people lingered outside. During the first game, the crowd of mostly young people was disruptive, throwing uncollected LPs, empty bottles, lighters, and firecrackers onto the field, stopping the game several times. Though a crate of records was blown up by Dahl in center field between games as planned, as the Sox started to warm up for game 2, attendees started to rush onto the field. With security focused on keeping gate-jumpers from entering the ballpark from outside, the crowd could not be held back. An estimated 7,000 people were on the field for 40 minutes before security and police in tactical gear were able to remove them. In that time, a bonfire was set in center field, a batting cage was destroyed, and bases were stolen. Ultimately 39 people were arrested, and the Sox had to forfeit game 2.
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Disco still sucks! (the Packers do, too, for that matter)
 
After having his fifth wife beheaded, England's King Henry VIII married Catherine Parr, his sixth and final wife.

She had to be scared to death every day.
 
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