D-Day is over now, The Battle for Normandy has begun.

Bad Month for Hitler as this was the first blow the next will be on June 23rd when the Russian's unleash Operation Bagration.

Almost forgot...Colossus Mk2 computer was up and running for D-Day.

1944 - Canadian 50th division occupies Bayeux

June 8
 

0452 - Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun.

0793 - The Vikings raided the Northumbrian coast of England.

1786 - In New York City, commercially manufactured ice cream was advertised for the first time.

GOD defend us from the fury of the Northman! (prayer of the day)
 

793 - Vikings plunder St Cuthbert's monestary on Lindisfarne

1944 - 1st SS-Panzer Korps counter attacks at Normandy
Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy
Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested
General Montgomery lands in Normandy, sets up HQ in Chateau de Creully

on this day in history. Last week I awoke at 7:00 AM, took a leak and got dressed. Several mminutes later I went down stairs to the kitchen and cooked an excellent 3 egg beef sausage and cheese omelet. Afterwards I brushed my teeth and went to work.

USS Liberty Incident
 

1967 - During the Six-Day War, USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli jets and torpedo boats in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula. 34 crew members killed, 171 wounded.

[QUOTE=Aktungbby;2206397]Indeed!

June 9
 

1934 - Donald Duck made his debute in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."

1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.

1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress.

1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.

68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

1940 - French government moves to Bordeaux
1940 - German "Dutch" Q-ship Atlantis sinks Norwegian tanker
1940 - German 5th Armoured division occupies Rouen
1940 - Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1940 - Norway surrenders to Nazis
1940 - Canada declares war on Italy
1943 - FDR becomes 1st US president to visit a foreign country during wartime
1944 - Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France

The six day war may have started on June 5th, but it ended today June 10th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War

The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967, by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

June 11
 

1915 - British troops took Cameroon in Africa.

1937 - Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a purge of Red Army generals.

1940 - The Italian Air Force bombed the British fortress at Malta in the Mediterranean.

1942 - The US and the Soviet Union signed a lend lease agreement to aid the Soviets in their effort in World War II.

1943 - During World War II, the Italian island of Pantelleria surrendered after a heavy air bombardment.

1993 - Steven Spielberg's movie "Jurassic Park" opened.

1901 - Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
1939 - King & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
1961 - "Winston Churchill" last airs on ABC-TV

Any guess as to what their initial reaction was to eating their first hot dog or what the dog consisted of, pork, chicken, turkey or beef or heaven forbid the first three in one hot dog?