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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.

Novità del giorno : 06 Giugno

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.

Citazione del giorno : 06 Giugno

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.

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Karl Ferdinand Braun, Fisico tedesco, premio Nobel (1850)
Robert Scott, Esploratore inglese (1868)
Thomas Mann, Scrittore tedesco, premio Nobel per la letteratura (1875)
Sukarno, Primo presidente dell'Indonesia (1901)
Aram Khachaturian, Compositore armeno (1903)
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V. C. Andrews, Scrittrice americana (1923)
David Scott, Astronauta americano (1932)
Heinrich Rohrer, Fisico svizzero, premio Nobel (1933)
Albert II, Re dei Belgi (1934)
Alexander Cockburn, Giornalista americano (1941)
Richard Smalley, Chimico statunitense, premio Nobel per la Chimica (1943)
Phillip Allen Sharp, Biologo molecolare americano, Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e Medicina (1944)
Robert Englund, Attore americano (1947)
Björn Borg, Tennista svedese (1956)
James Shaffer, Musicista americano (Korn) (1970)
Danny Strong, Attore americano (1974)
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Israel Dagg, Giocatore di rugby della Nuova Zelanda (1988)

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Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, Architetto francese (1813)
John A. Macdonald, 1o Primo Ministro del Canada (1891)
Lillian Russell, Attrice americana (1922)
Louis Chevrolet, Pioniere dell'automobilismo americano (1941)
Louis Lumière, Film pioniere francese (1948)
Robert F. Kennedy, Uomo politico americano (1968)
Barry Sullivan, Attore americano (1994)
Frédéric Dard, Scrittore francese (2000)
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