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*[[1929]] - ''[[Un chien andalou]]'' premiers in France | *[[1929]] - ''[[Un chien andalou]]'' premiers in France | ||
- | *[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: [[D-Day]] begins with the landing of 155,000 [[Allies|Allied]] troops on the beaches of [[Normandy]] in [[France]]. The allied soldiers quickly break through the [[Atlantic Wall]] and push inland in the largest amphibious [[military]] operation in history. | + | *[[1944]] – World War II: the [[Normandy Landings|Battle of Normandy]] begins. [[D-Day]], code named ''[[Operation Overlord]]'', commences with the landing of 155,000 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] troops on the beaches of [[Normandy]] in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the [[Atlantic Wall]] and push inland in the largest amphibious [[military]] operation in history. |
== Births == | == Births == |
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- 1929 - Un chien andalou premiers in France
- 1944 – World War II: the Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
Births
- 1799 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)
- 1875 - Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1920 - Sandro Angiolini, Italian adult comics creator (d. 1985)
Deaths
- 1832 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
- 1925 - Pierre Louÿs, French writer and erotomaniac (b. 1870)
- 1948 - Louis Lumière, French movie pioneer (b. 1864)
- 1961 - Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
- 1962 - Yves Klein, French artist (b. 1928)
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