June 6, 1944
These 3 nations sent over 152K in infantry and airborne troops into the Normandy region of France on this date.
What are the United States, Britain & Canada?
Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, of Spokane, Washington, started Father's Day to honor her Civil War vet father in 1910 at this community location.
What is Spokane YMCA?
The Atlantic Hurricane season officially starts on this date.
What is June 1st?
On June 1, 1920 this New York Yankee made his debut after being traded from the Boston Red Sox batting cleanup and pitching 4 scoreless innings.
Who is Babe Ruth?
The longest day this year is on this date.
When is June 20th?
The hottest June temperature ever of 129 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded in each of these 2 Middle East countries that don't like one another.
Where are iran & Israel?
The Normandy landing area was divided into this number of "beaches" that were assigned to specific units for attack.
What is 5?
President Calvin Coolidge made Father's Day a national event, but it didn't officially become a national holiday until this controversial US President signed it into law.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Hurricane Alma makes landfall in the US on June 9 in this year on the Florida Panhandle, the earliest landfall of any hurricane in history.
When is 1966?
On June 1,1925 this New York Yankee makes his only pinch-hitting appearance, starting a string of playing in 2,130 straight games.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
The sun will be directly over this region of the Earth on the Summer Solstice.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
On June 23,1982, the coldest June temp in history, -117 degrees Fahrenheit, was recorded at this remote southern location.
Where is the South Pole?
D-Day was originally scheduled for this date, but was postponed due to bad weather.
What is June 4th?
This flower is the official flower of the day, with 2 color versions being available for use.
What is a Rose?
In 1957, the only category 4 hurricane in June to ever hit the TX-LA border, killing over 415 people and destroying about 95% of all structures in SW Louisiana.
What is Hurricane Audrey?
On June 1,1992 the Houston Astros make Phil Nevin the top overall draft pick, passing on this future Hall of Fame shortstop legend.
Who is Derek Jeter?
On this day, you can watch the sun “not set” in this Northern Hemisphere island country, the only place outside the Arctic Circle you san see this happen.
Where is Iceland?
We're still over a month away from the July 10,1913 anniversary of the hottest temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit recorded at this hot spot location.
Where is Furnace Creek, Death Valley?
This was the "official" name of the D-Day invasion.
What is Operation Overlord?
Halsey Taylor invented this device in 1912 as a tribute to his father, who died of typhoid fever after drinking from a contaminated public water supply in 1896.
What is a drinking fountain?
In early June, 2001 this tropical storm became the most costly non-hurricane in US history after dumping 37 inches of rain causing $9 billion damage in the Houston area.
What is Tropical Storm Allison?
On June 2, 1935, this Boston Braves outfielder and former New York Yankee announces his retirement from the game.
Who is Babe Ruth?
This US state celebrates this day with daylight "Midnight Baseball" that goes into the next day.
Where is Alaska?
If you REALLY want to cool off in June, you need to go to this South American country that had the lowest June temp on record outside of Antarctica.
Where is Argentina?
The Germans prepared for the invasion by shifting most of their defenses to this French port city on the English Channel where they thought the invasion would occur.
Where is Calais?
Today, most Europeans are able to claim this 8th century King of the Franks as their ancestor due to his conquering of most of Western Europe.
Who is Charlemagne?
In 2010, the strongest ever Atlantic hurricane based on central pressure in June, Hurricane Alex, dumped 35 inches of rain devastating this neighboring country to our south.
Where is Mexico?
On June 3, 1989 this Texas legend breaks Bob Feller's major league record 15 no and one hit pitched games.
Who is Nolan Ryan?
In the Tropic of Cancer at noon on this day, you can easily sneak up on friends since you can't see this.
What are shadows?
Most of the Sun's visible energy is in the infrared range and in this color, which is most sensitive for our eyes.
What is green?
Allied Intelligence built a fake Allied army on the British coast closest to Calais under the command of this American who the Germans believed to be the best Allied commander.
Who is George Patton?
The only father-daughter collaboration to hit the top spot on the Billboard pop chart was the 1967 single "Something Stupid" sang by this duo.
Who are Frank and Nancy Sinatra?
This is the most active month for hurricane development in the Atlantic basin, on average, each year.
What is September?
On Father's Day, 1973, this Charlie Finley owned team stages a "Mustache Day" promotion, giving fans with hair above their upper lip free admission into the ballpark.
Who is the Oakland A's?
This ancient monument was built on the British isles to celebrate the Summer Solstice thousands of years ago.
What is Stonehenge?
On June 26, 2018 the warmest low temperature ever of 108.7 degrees Fahrenheit occurred in this Persian Gulf nation.
Where is Oman?