1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
1944 After receiving favorable weather reports, General Eisenhower decides to proceed with the D-Day invasion on June 6
1944 As part of Operation Tonga, the 1st British gliders touch down on French soil to prepare for the D-Day invasion.
1944 German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day landings by the Allies.
1945 WWII: Allied Powers (US, UK, USSR, and France) assume supreme authority over Germany with the "Berlin Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany"
1968 Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan assassinates Robert F. Kennedy, shooting him 3 times and wounding 5 others at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Kennedy dies the next day..
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