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1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope.

1911 RMS Titanic launched in Belfast.

1916 Battle of Jutland (Skagerrak): naval battle between British Grand Fleet and German High Seas Fleet: over 8,500 die in this inconclusive slaughter - although the German fleet never put to sea again. See: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...82#post2408382

1916 British battle cruiser HMS Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 (Battle of Jutland).

1940 Major General Bernard Montgomery leaves Dunkirk.

1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris to meet with Marshal August Pétain who announces he is willing to make a seperate peace with Germany.

1941 41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton).

1813 Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"

1918 Canadian ace Billy Bishop downs 6 aircrafts over a three-day span, including German ace Paul Bilik, reclaiming his top scoring title from James McCudden.

1939 British submarine "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard.

1944 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots.

1967 Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the US & goes gold.

1998 European Central Bank is founded in Brussels to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.

Glorious First of June ! Sort of a precurser to Jutland?

1794: the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between Great Britain and the 1st French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The action was the culmination of a campaign that had criss-crossed the Bay of Biscay over the previous month in which both sides had captured numerous merchant ships and minor warships and had engaged in two partial, but inconclusive, fleet actions. The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe attempted to prevent the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the United States, which was protected by the French Atlantic Fleet, commanded by Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. The two forces clashed in the Atlantic Ocean, some 400 nautical miles (700 km) west of the French island of Ushant on 1 June 1794.
During the battle, Howe defied naval convention by ordering his fleet to turn towards the French and for each of his vessels to rake and engage their immediate opponent. (This was contrary to the standard practice of pounding away with broadsides in line-of-Battle-ahead) This unexpected order was not understood by all of his captains, and as a result his attack was more piecemeal than he intended. Nevertheless, his ships inflicted a severe tactical defeat on the French fleet. In the aftermath of the battle both fleets were left shattered; in no condition for further combat, Howe and Villaret returned to their home ports. Despite losing seven of his ships of the line, Villaret had bought enough time for the French grain convoy to reach safety unimpeded by Howe's fleet, securing a strategic success. However, he was also forced to withdraw his battle fleet back to port, leaving the British free to conduct a campaign of blockade for the remainder of the war. In the immediate aftermath both sides claimed victory and the outcome of the battle was seized upon by the press of both nations as a demonstration of the prowess and bravery of their respective navies.

As at Jutland, 122 years later, both sides claimed victory and one side retired to remain blockaded for the rest of the war :hmmm:....nuthin' good goes outta style??!! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Map_EN.svg.png Age of Sailing buffs will note: The British hold 'the weather gauge' ie the upwind advantage to close and engage the enemy.:rock:French poor gunnery and a preference to fire on the 'uproll' at rigging (and better prize money?) as opposed to the British preference for firing on the 'downroll' at the hull helped ADM Howe's disorganized unorthodox attack. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...st_of_June.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_First_of_June

1917 Canadian ace Billy Bishop undertakes a solo mission behind enemy lines, shooting down three aircrafts as they were about to take off and several more on the ground, for which he is awarded the Victoria Cross.

1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey.

1989 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

1940 Last British & French troops evacuated from Dunkirk.

1941 German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports.

1944 Nazis pull out of Rome.

1989 Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing.

1940 British complete the "miracle of Dunkirk" by evacuating 300,000 allied troops from France.

1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II.

1944 1st British gliders touch down on French soil for D-Day.

1944 U505 becomes the first German submarine captured & boarded on high seas.

1945 US, Russia, Britain & France agree to split occupied Germany.

1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000.

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1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II.

Received my midway gifts and watching the Charlton Heston movie right now. :rock::rock:

Vince82

1916 HMS "Hampshire" sinks off Orkney, probably having struck a German mine, with the loss of 650 lives – including Lord Kitchener and his staff – and only 13 survivors.

1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure.

1944 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day invasion.

1944 German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day landings by the Allies.

1944 General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6.

1945 USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany.

1941 1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched.

1944 Operation Neptune, D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France in WWII.

1944 German troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad.

1944 U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje.

1939 George VI & Elizabeth become the 1st king & queen of Britain to visit USA.

1942 Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan.

1944 Claus von Stauffenberg meets Hitler.

1989 For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89

793 Vikings plunder St Cuthbert's monestary on Lindisfarne.

1940 Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway.

1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen.

632 Muhammad fell ill and suffered for several days with fever, head pain, and weakness. He died, in Medina, at the age of 62 or 63, in the house of his wife Aisha. With his head resting on Aisha's lap, he asked her to dispose of his last worldly goods (seven coins), then spoke his final words. Muhammad's tomb lies within the confines of what used to be his wifeAisha's and his house. Although frowned upon by the Saudis, favoring unmarked graves many pilgrims continue to practice a ziyarat—a ritual visit—to the tomb, now under a green dome...https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...idi_nebevi.JPG

1915 US President Wilson sends the second Lusitania note to Germany demanding reparations and prevention of 'recurrence of anything so obviously subversive of the principles of warfare'; Wilson refuses to recognize the 'war zone' that Germany has proclaimed around the British Isles.

1940 General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill.

1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, and Hitler’s order was given to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”.

1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires.

1940 German "Dutch" Q-ship Atlantis sinks Norwegian tanker.

1940 Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II.

1940 Norway surrenders to Nazis.

1940 Canada declares war on Italy.

1944 Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France.

1944 World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.

1945 US destroyer William D Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze.

1940 World War II: First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta.

1942 German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa.

1943 Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland.

1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a 3rd consecutive term.