eso ha pasado un 06 Junio

1944 : D-Day


June 6, 1944 is the day of the Normandy landings. The supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower had ordered the invasion the day before, and on June 6 Operation Overlord is launched in order to begin the liberation of Western Europe. That day, 6000 ships landed 155,000 men on the beaches of Normandy after 822 aircraft had dropped 18,000 paratroopers in the region.

1949 : 1984 is published


On June 6th, 1949, George Orwell's novel, 1984, is published. 1984 tells the story of a society where citizens are constantly watched by the bureaucracy and government. The novel is a classic of world literature and its Big Brother has become a symbol of government oppression.

1981 : Train accident in India because of a cow


On June 6, 1981, the engineer of a train in the Bihar State in India sees a cow in the middle of the track. Desperate to avoid the sacred animal, he brakes too abruptly and cars of the train derailed from wet rails, fall into a river and sank immediately. Nearly 600 people are killed.

1984 : Golden Temple in Amritsar attaqued by Indian Army


On June 6, 1984, the Indian Army on the orders of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, attacked Harmandir Sahib or Golden Temple, a shrine run by Sikh rebels. Other Sikh temples and shrines in the State of Punjab are also attacked. 576 Sikh rebels were killed as well as thousands of Sikh civilians.

Actualidad del día : 06 Junio

National Day of Sweden
June 6 is National Day in Sweden which commemorates the independence from Denmark with the end of the Kalmar Union management and the election of King Gustav Vasa in 1523.

Cita del día : 06 Junio

George Orwell
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

Cumpleaños : 06 Junio

Diego Velázquez, Pintor español (1599)
Pierre Corneille, Dramaturgo francés (1606)
Alexandre Pouchkine, Escritor ruso (1799)
Konstantin Savitsky, Pintor ruso (1844)
Karl Ferdinand Braun, Físico alemán, premio Nobel (1850)
Robert Scott, Explorador inglés (1868)
Thomas Mann, Escritor alemán, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1875)
Sukarno, Primer presidente de Indonesia (1901)
Aram Khachaturian, Compositor armenio (1903)
Hamani Diori, Primer Presidente de la República de Níger (1916)
Edwin G. Krebs, Bioquímico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1918)
V. C. Andrews, Escritora americana (1923)
David Scott, Astronauta americano (1932)
Heinrich Rohrer, Físico suizo, Premio Nobel (1933)
Albert II, Rey de los Belgas (1934)
Alexander Cockburn, Periodista estadounidense (1941)
Richard Smalley, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Química (1943)
Phillip Allen Sharp, Biólogo molecular estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1944)
Robert Englund, Actor americano (1947)
Björn Borg, Jugador de tenis sueco (1956)
James Shaffer, Músico americano (Korn) (1970)
Danny Strong, Actor americano (1974)
David Connolly, Futbolista irlandés (1977)
Israel Dagg, Jugador de rugby de Nueva Zelanda (1988)

Nos han dejado un 06 Junio

Go-En'yū, Emperador de Japón (1393)
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, Arquitecto francés (1813)
John A. Macdonald, 1o primer ministro de Canadá (1891)
Lillian Russell, Actriz americana (1922)
Louis Chevrolet, Pionero del automóvil americano (1941)
Louis Lumière, Pionera película francesa (1948)
Robert F. Kennedy, Político americano (1968)
Barry Sullivan, Actor americano (1994)
Frédéric Dard, Escritor francés (2000)
Anne Bancroft, Actriz americana (2005)
Dana Elcar, Actor americano (2005)
Jean Dausset, Inmunólogo francés, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (2009)
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