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Anniversaries in American history that fall on June 6.

1968 · People / Civil Rights Leaders
Robert F. Kennedy born
Attorney General, Senator, and presidential candidate assassinated in 1968
Robert F. Kennedy
1944 · Eras
D-Day — Allied invasion of Normandy
Largest amphibious assault in history; opens Western Front
World War II
1944 · Events / Wars & Conflicts
D-Day
The June 1944 Allied invasion that broke Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall and sealed the war's outcome in the West
D-Day
1755 · People / Founding Fathers
Nathan Hale born
Continental Army Spy and American Martyr, 1776
Nathan Hale