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I am starting thread to reflect on the historical significance of each day. Each day I will post some things that happened on this day...
1509 Henry VIII marries first wife
King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragón, the first of six wives he will have in his lifetime. When Catherine failed to produce a male heir, Henry divorced her against the will of the Roman Catholic Church, thus precipitating the Protestant Reformation in England.
Henry went on to have five more wives; two of whom--Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard--he executed for alleged adultery after he grew tired of them. His only surviving child by Catherine of Aragón, Mary, ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-brother, Edward VI, in 1553. In 1558, Mary was succeeded by her half-sister, Elizabeth, the only surviving child of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. She was crowned Queen Elizabeth I.
1944 D-Day landing forces converge
Five days after the D-Day landing, the five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, link up in Normandy to form a single solid front across northwestern France.
On June 6, 1944, after a year of meticulous planning conducted in secrecy by a joint Anglo-American staff, the largest combined sea, air, and land military operation in history began on the French coast at Normandy. The Allied invasion force included 3 million men, 13,000 aircraft, 1,200 warships, 2,700 merchant ships, and 2,500 landing craft.
Fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6, the first of 23,000 U.S., British, and Canadian paratroopers and glider troops plunged into the darkness over Normandy. Just before dawn, Allied aircraft and ships bombed the French coast along the Baie de la Seine, and at daybreak the bombardment ended as 135,000 Allied troops stormed ashore at five landing sites. Despite the formidable German coastal defenses, beachheads were achieved at all five landing locations. At one site--Omaha Beach--German resistance was especially strong, and the Allied position was only secured after hours of bloody fighting by the Americans assigned to it. By the evening, some 150,000 American, British, and Canadian troops were ashore, and the Allies held about 80 square miles. During the next five days, Allied forces in Normandy moved steadily forward in all sectors against fierce German resistance. On June 11, the five landing groups met up, and Operation Overlord--the code name for the Allied invasion of northwestern Europe--proceeded as planned.
Birthday Board: June 11
1913 - Vince Lombardi (Pro Football Hall of Famer: coach: Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl I, II; "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing.")
1956 - Joe Montana (football: San Francisco '49ers QB: Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV: Super Bowl career records for yards gained, passes completed, touchdowns thrown and highest completion percentage; Kansas City Chiefs QB)
Chart Toppers: June 11
1957
Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
Searchin' - The Coasters
Four Walls - Jim Reeves
1965
Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller
1973
My Love - Paul McCartney and Wings
Daniel - Elton John
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) - Johnny Rodriquez
1981
Kiss on My List - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
Woman - John Lennon
Friends - Razzy Bailey
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King Henry was quite the ladies man, wasn't he?
Glad the allies kicked some a$$ this day in history too!
Now a lot more happened on this day in history. These are the things I thought were interesting. Please feel free to include anything you feel is interesting by posting to this thread.
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1509 Henry VIII marries first wife
King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragón, the first of six wives he will have in his lifetime. When Catherine failed to produce a male heir, Henry divorced her against the will of the Roman Catholic Church, thus precipitating the Protestant Reformation in England.
Henry went on to have five more wives; two of whom--Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard--he executed for alleged adultery after he grew tired of them. His only surviving child by Catherine of Aragón, Mary, ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-brother, Edward VI, in 1553. In 1558, Mary was succeeded by her half-sister, Elizabeth, the only surviving child of Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. She was crowned Queen Elizabeth I.
1944 D-Day landing forces converge
Five days after the D-Day landing, the five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, link up in Normandy to form a single solid front across northwestern France.
On June 6, 1944, after a year of meticulous planning conducted in secrecy by a joint Anglo-American staff, the largest combined sea, air, and land military operation in history began on the French coast at Normandy. The Allied invasion force included 3 million men, 13,000 aircraft, 1,200 warships, 2,700 merchant ships, and 2,500 landing craft.
Fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6, the first of 23,000 U.S., British, and Canadian paratroopers and glider troops plunged into the darkness over Normandy. Just before dawn, Allied aircraft and ships bombed the French coast along the Baie de la Seine, and at daybreak the bombardment ended as 135,000 Allied troops stormed ashore at five landing sites. Despite the formidable German coastal defenses, beachheads were achieved at all five landing locations. At one site--Omaha Beach--German resistance was especially strong, and the Allied position was only secured after hours of bloody fighting by the Americans assigned to it. By the evening, some 150,000 American, British, and Canadian troops were ashore, and the Allies held about 80 square miles. During the next five days, Allied forces in Normandy moved steadily forward in all sectors against fierce German resistance. On June 11, the five landing groups met up, and Operation Overlord--the code name for the Allied invasion of northwestern Europe--proceeded as planned.
Birthday Board: June 11
1913 - Vince Lombardi (Pro Football Hall of Famer: coach: Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl I, II; "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing.")
1956 - Joe Montana (football: San Francisco '49ers QB: Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV: Super Bowl career records for yards gained, passes completed, touchdowns thrown and highest completion percentage; Kansas City Chiefs QB)
Chart Toppers: June 11
1957
Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
Searchin' - The Coasters
Four Walls - Jim Reeves
1965
Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys
Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Presley
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller
1973
My Love - Paul McCartney and Wings
Daniel - Elton John
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) - Johnny Rodriquez
1981
Kiss on My List - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
Woman - John Lennon
Friends - Razzy Bailey
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King Henry was quite the ladies man, wasn't he?
Now a lot more happened on this day in history. These are the things I thought were interesting. Please feel free to include anything you feel is interesting by posting to this thread.
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