793 Vikings in long ships from modern-day Norway plunder St Cuthbert's monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England.
1944 1st SS-Panzer Korps counter attacks at Normandy.
1944 General Montgomery lands in Normandy, sets up HQ in Chateau de Creully.
1982 Falklands War: Royal Fleet Auxiliary Sir Gahalad attacked in San Carlos Water ("Bomb Alley") by Argentine aircraft: 48 soldiers and crewman were killed.
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Oh my God, not again!!
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