June 6th (1940) was a Thursday. It's the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days left to the end of the year.
Famous Birthdays on June 6 in 1940
» Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, Indian-English engineer and academic
» Aarne Hermlin, Estonian chess player (d. 2007)
» Larry Lujack, American radio host
» Willie John McBride, Irish rugby player, coach, and manager
June 6th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Claudius of Besançon e.g Claude the Thaumaturge
» Marcellin Champagnat
» Norbert of Xanten
» Ini Kopuria (Church of England, Episcopal Church (USA) e.g Episcopal Church)
» June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Memorial Day (South Korea)
» National Day of Sweden (Sweden)
» Normandy landings of the Allied Expeditionary Forces (D-Day), aka Operation Neptune, part of Operation Overlord (1944)