June 6

1944 - 'D-Day': The Allied invasion of Europe took place when forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France:  WWII.

There was almost another year of fighting, but with this event the end was in sight.

The Germans had to keep the Allies from establishing a beachhead or face the reality of a full-scale two front war in the Reich - Germany Proper - something they were able to avoid in WWI...The Russians were already pushing them west, and it wasn't long before the Americans and Brits were able to start sending the Germans east as well, creating a vise from which the Nazis could not emerge victorious.

The fight was brutal and millions of lives were lost in this final year, but the success of the 'D-Day' landings put the final day of fighting closer into sight.

1978 - California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, calling for major cuts in property taxes.

Proposition 13 became article 13A of the California State Constitution, limiting the real estate tax on a parcel of property to 1% of its purchase price, forever, until the property is resold.

This was huge in California, but also had a national effect, because other states took a similar stance...It also did much to propel Ronald Reagan to the Republican nomination and eventual presidential election success in 1980.

The tax has also had a limiting effect on the amount the state can collect in property taxes; a fact Liberals cry about...The reality is no matter how much the state collects, if they don't get control of spending they will never have enough - a reality we are in the process of watching at every level of American government.

1985 - Authorities in Brazil exhumed a body later identified as the remains of Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi 'Angel of Death.'

It’s a shame the doc escaped a just death at Nuremberg or at the hands of the Israelis...It's also a shame there have been so many Mengele wannabe's since his time.

1998 - The U.N. Security Council demanded, in a unanimous vote, that India and Pakistan refrain from further nuclear tests and sign nuclear control agreements.

Or what??? What was the U.N. going to do if they refused to bow down?

That said, no one should be shocked to wake up one morning and find these two have launched on each other.