June 6th (1944) was a Tuesday. It's the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 6th June, 1944
» World War II: the Normandy Landings known as Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named 'Operation Overlord', commences with the landing of 155,000 Allies of World War II named Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quic
Famous Birthdays on June 6 in 1944
» Monty Alexander, Jamaican pianist (Clue J & His Blues Blasters)
» Edgar Froese, German pianist and songwriter (Tangerine Dream)
» David Penhaligon, English politician (d. 1986)
» Phillip Allen Sharp, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate
» Tommie Smith, American runner and football player
June 6th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Claudius of Besançon e.g Claude the Thaumaturge
» Marcellin Champagnat
» Norbert of Xanten
» Ini Kopuria (Church of England, Episcopal Church (USA) e.g Episcopal Church)
» June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Memorial Day (South Korea)
» National Day of Sweden (Sweden)
» Normandy landings of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (D-Day), aka Operation Neptune, part of Operation Overlord (1944)