Sep 28 Marines occupy islands in Palaus under cover of naval aircraft and gunfire support.

Sep 02 Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz

Sep 14 United States troops arrive at the German border and proceed, with the British and Canadians, to launch an offensive to reach the Rhine.

Sep 25 The birth of Michael Douglas, American film actor

Jun 21 Mantello sends out Auschwitz Protocols through the British Exchange Telegraph and, two weeks later, 500 Swiss newspapers publish the story of 1,715,000 Jews being murdered.

Jun 06 Invasion of Normandy, D-Day, by allied forces

Jun 04 The first submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505

Jun 17 Iceland becomes an independent republic

Jun 14 The first B-29 raid against mainland Japan

Jun 12 Piolet Off. Andrew C. Mynarski (Royal Cdn. Air Force) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France

Jun 05 The first B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure

Jun 06 Allied forces storm the Normandy, France beaches during the "D-Day" invasion of Europe in World War II.

Jun 06 D-Day 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France

Jun 06 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France

Jun 06 Hanna Senesz, a Jewish girl originally from Hungary, who had immigrated to Palestine, parachutes behind German lines to connect with Hungarian and Slovak resistance fighters. Caught on the Hungarian border, she dies knowing that her mission has given strength to those suffering in the camps.

Jun 29 The Parachute Experimental Division was established at Lakehurst, N.,J., for research, development, and testing of parachutes and survival gear.

Jun 25 Flight-lt. David e. Hornell (Royal Cdn. Air Force) wins the Victoria Cross while on Sea Patrol over th North Sea

Jun 22 FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)

Jun 26 U.S. Secretary of State Hull and Anthony Eden of Britain issue warnings to Hungary's Admiral Horthy. King Gustav of Sweden sends a personal protest. The International Red Cross finally takes an active interest in saving Jews.

Jun 15 US forces begin invasion of Saipan in Pacific

Jun 15 First B-29 test-raid on Japanese industrial cities is deemed satisfactory.

Jun 17 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland

Jun 27 Cherbourg, France captured by Allies

Jun 27 476,000 are deported to Auschwitz since May 15.

Jun 20 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency

Jun 05 Rome is captured intact by the 5th Army.

Jun 08 FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France

Jun 26 Port of Cherbourg falls to the Allies.

Jun 04 5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies

Jun 11 First Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC

Jun 12 First V-1 rocket reaches London.

Jun 12 The first V1 rocket falls on England during World War 2

Jun 09 23 puppies (record litter) born to Lena, a foxhound, Ambler, Penn

Jun 23 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153

Jun 13 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks

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