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June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) ... "Historical Events on June 22". OnThisDay.com. This page was last edited on 22 June 2024, at 17:33 ...
June 6, 1944 (Tuesday) D-Day: Operation Overlord commenced with the crossing of nearly 160,000 Allied troops over the English Channel to land on the beaches of Normandy, France. The battle for Pointe du Hoc resulted in Allied victory, while the Battle of Merville Gun Battery was fought to inconclusive result. The British executed the capture of ...
June 5–9 – Tropical Storm Allison produces 36 inches (900 mm) of rain in Houston, Texas, killing 22, damaging the Texas Medical Center, and causing more than US$5 billion of damage. [7] June 7 – The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush, the first of a series of acts ...
June 2, 1972 (Friday) The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Indian tribes filed Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton, a suit against the State of Maine in the U.S. District Court in Portland. Attorney Tom Tureen sued for enforcement of a treaty that provided the tribe ownership of 2/3 of Maine. Judgment would be made in favor of ...
June 18 is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 196 days remain until the end of the year.
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place. 1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days.
June 10. June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 204 days remain until the end of the year.
September 2 – Liberty's Kids premieres on PBS Kids. September 4 – Kelly Clarkson wins the first American Idol competition. September 5 – The Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which burned 499,570 acres (2,022 km 2 ), is contained. September 7 – The Fox Network's Fox Kids block (which had been on the air since 1990 ...