5 June 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.
June 6, 1944 - Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force consisting of soldiers from America, Britain, and Canada lands in Normandy in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and later Western Europe.
It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and later Western Europe.