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June 6, 2025

1944 – During World War II, 155,000 Allied troops begin the invasion of France with landings on Normandy beaches along with airborne parachute and glider assaults further inland.

 

May 26, 2025

Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.

Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971.

May 23, 2025

On May 23, 2013, coordinated attacks by moslem terrorists targeted the towns of Agadez and Arlit in Niger. Besides the 10 terrorists, 23 Nigerien soldiers and 2 civilians were killed as well as several wounded. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, credited with devising the attacks, was himself killed 3 years later.