Today In History

This picture about Omaha Beach is my favorite , thanks for Uploading , always Glad to remember HONOR of Allied Soldiers, Many and Sincerely Thanks to THEM , hope they are in HEAVEN NOW WITH GOD <3

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This one is Leclerc's 2nd DB

June 18, 1815


The defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte in Waterloo is a major turning point in the history of Europe. It is the end of the reign of the emperor who will abdicate four days later and will surrender to the British on July 15th.

June 26, 1963


Two days after the beginning of the Berlin blockade , JFK speaks in West-Berlin...

June 29, 1971






Having executed their mission successfully, the three Soviet cosmonauts of the spatial mission Soyuz 11 , Gueorgui Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsaïev and Vladislav Volkov, die during the re-entry on Earth.

July 1st, 1867: Confederation of Canada

Celebrated today as "Canada Day", on July 1st 1867 the Dominion of Canada was formed out of the four provinces; Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Colombia, as well as the northern territories, would be added later as the country continued to expand west.


British Influence in Canadian politics would continue long after confederation, and it also took time and a lot of political effort for the country to work together. (We still don't, really. Ask anybody from Quebec Quebec referendum, 1995 )