Fourth of July—By the Numbers
Monday, June 29th, 2009Flags, watermelons, places named “Independence” — the U.S. Census Bureau has counted them and shares the numbers with you on this special edition of Facts for Features: Fourth of July 2009.
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D-Day: June 6, 1944
Monday, June 8th, 2009Government Views of D-Day 1944
“On 6 June 1944 the Western Allies landed in northern France, opening the long-awaited ‘Second Front’ against Adolf Hitler’s Germany. … Commanded by U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Normandy assault phase, code-named ‘Neptune’ (the entire operation was ‘Overlord’), was launched when weather reports predicted satisfactory conditions on 6 June. . . “. CCNY Libraries presents links to research sites on the Normandy invasion.
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