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    Exclamation Friday, June 9, 1944

    Allied forces continue to land a considerable number of men and equipment in Normandy. Facing them, in the British area of ​​responsibility, the Germans position three divisions northwest of Caen: the 21st Panzer Division, the 12th Panzer Division and the Panzer-Lehr. These divisions are in contact with the British soldiers of the 2nd Army who are supported on the ground by anti-tank guns and in the sky by a particularly effective allied aviation which worries the German generals.

    Luftwaffe counter-attacks are rare and doomed to failure in Normandy: on June 9, German Bf 109 fighter-bombers are reported near the village of Lion-sur-Mer. Immediately, American P-51 Mustang aircraft repulsed them.

    The American troops of the 7th Corps continue to attack the village of Montebourg in the Cotentin, fiercely defended by the German soldiers. The losses are significant. Other units seized the locality of Azeville and silenced the German battery that fired on the area of ​​Utah Beach since D-Day. The 1st American infantry division, disembarked on June 6 in Omaha Beach, launched an offensive west of Bayeux: the villages of Tour-en-Bessin, Etreham and Blay were freed. The 29th American infantry division is on its way to Carentan and seizes, after a long day of fighting, the city of Isigny-sur-Mer. South-west of Isigny, the command post of the 2nd American infantry division settles in the village of Formigny. Its forces advance in the south towards the localities of Trévières and Rubercy which are reached in the evening.

    Three companies of the 5th Battalion of Rangers, reinforced by fourteen Rangers and two half tracks belonging to the 2nd Battalion, attacked in the morning the complex of the German Maisy battery (composed of the Wn 83 and Wn 84 strongpoints) by the south, east and the north. After five long hours of furious fighting (sometimes hand-to-hand combat) during which several Americans are killed, Rangers blow up the field hospital where German defenders have taken refuge. The battery falls into the hands of the Americans in the late morning.

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    It was on the 10th of June that the artificial harbors of Arromanches and Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer began to be installed. Other major achievements include the construction of the Bazenville advanced landing ground (ALG B-2) near Bayeux and the one at Cardonville (ALG A-3) south of Grandcamp and Maisy.



    US troops continued their offensive northwest towards Cherbourg and southwest of Utah beach in the direction of Carentan which represents a major objective for the Allies, being the crossroads linking the Calvados and Cotentin regions. The 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division is on its way to Carentan, as is the 327th Glider Regiment, which liberates the village of Brévands to the northwest of that city. South of Omaha Beach, the troops of the 2nd US Infantry Division liberate the towns of Trévières and Rubercy.
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    Exclamation 1945 - July 16 The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded

    1945 - July 16 The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded

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    On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the Manhattan Project yields explosive results as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

    Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the use of fissionable materials for military purposes. That same year, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt supporting the theory that an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction had great potential as a basis for a weapon of mass destruction.

    In February 1940, the federal government granted a total of $6,000 for research. But in early 1942, with the United States now at war with the Axis powers, and fear mounting that Germany was working on its own uranium bomb, the War Department took a more active interest, and limits on resources for the project were removed.



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    Exclamation 1980 - July 25th - Caddyshack Released

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    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard

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    Question July 31, 1975 - Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing

    July 31, 1975 - Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing


    On the morning of July 31, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa, one of the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century, is officially reported missing after he failed to return home the previous night. Though he is popularly believed to have been the victim of a Mafia hit, conclusive evidence was never found and Hoffa’s fate remains a mystery.



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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    July 31, 1975 - Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing


    On the morning of July 31, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa, one of the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century, is officially reported missing after he failed to return home the previous night. Though he is popularly believed to have been the victim of a Mafia hit, conclusive evidence was never found and Hoffa’s fate remains a mystery.



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    Whoever killed him were then killed themselves, and whoever ordered the hit was killed soon after, probably for unrelated reasons; otherwise somebody would have made a deal using the info. That was the era when they all started ratting each other out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck View Post
    Whoever killed him were then killed themselves, and whoever ordered the hit was killed soon after, probably for unrelated reasons; otherwise somebody would have made a deal using the info. That was the era when they all started ratting each other out.
    All conjecture.
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    Cool August 6, 1890 - Cy Young makes MLB Debut

    August 6, 1890 - Cy Young makes MLB Debut - 132 years ago today (8/6/1890), Ohio farm boy Cy Young made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Spiders. CLE def. Colts (later named Cubs), 8-1. It was the 23-year-old’s first of his record 511 career wins. A year later, Young started the first game at @LeagueParkCle. #Fortheland

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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    August 6, 1890 - Cy Young makes MLB Debut - 132 years ago today (8/6/1890), Ohio farm boy Cy Young made his MLB debut with the Cleveland Spiders. CLE def. Colts (later named Cubs), 8-1. It was the 23-year-old’s first of his record 511 career wins. A year later, Young started the first game at @LeagueParkCle. #Fortheland

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    I think it is safe to say the Red Sox will never have another single season 33 game winner.
    Let's go Brandon !!!

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