Friday, June 6, 2008

June 6: South Defeats North

On this day in history...

YMCA is founded in 1844.
The allied invasion of Europe known as D Day starts in 1944.
The South Vietnamese drive Communist North Vietnamese out of Kontum blunting an invasion.

Also On This Day...

President Andrew Jackson rides a train in 1833. Becoming the first American President to ride a train, the symbolic event occurs during a decade 1830-1840 which sees the number of railroad miles in the United States grow to more than all of Europe combined.

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