June 6 in History
6 June in History – 80 years ago
Northern Eurasia 1944: Relief of Leningrad
The Soviet Red Army continued to roll forward throughout 1944. In the north, it broke the... SEE MORE…
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2023
Kakhovka Dam destroyed, causing flooding along lower Dnieper
starts
2006
Taliban regain control in parts of Afghanistan
starts
1982
Israel invades Lebanon, expelling PLO
starts
1967
Israelis capture West Bank from Jordan
1944
Allies land in Normandy
starts
1942
Japan occupies Kiska and Attu, Aleutian Islands
starts
1942
Japan in occupation of Attu and Kiska
1942
Japanese occupy Kiska
1942
Japanese occupy Attu
ends
1929
Chiang Kaishek defeats Guangxi clique
1916
Yuan Shikai dies, marking beginning of Warlord Era in China
1904
Brazil-British Guiana border settled
ends
1903
British attack Dervishes from Hobyo
ends
1884
Cáceres rejects peace with Chile; continues fighting in southern Peru
ends
1860
Garibaldi’s Redshirts take Palermo
1859
Queensland separated from New South Wales
ends
1849
Frankfurt Parliament flees to Stuttgart
starts
1848
Serbs in revolt against Hungarians in Vojvodina
starts
1835
British settlement begins in Port Phillip
ends
1832
Failed republican uprising in Paris
ends
1813
Explorers cross Blue Mountains, New South Wales
starts
1808
Spanish repulse French at El Bruch
1808
Spanish troops in Porto revolt against French
1808
Joseph Bonaparte proclaimed King of Spain
1808
Spanish rebels defeat French at Valdepeñas
ends
1808
Uprisings across Spain throw off French rule
*Actual date uncertain; set to 6 June for purposes of Omniatlas
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