The US started plans to construct its first nuclear battlefield weapon.
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Normandy landings started in France during WWII.
The French ship named Aurore transported the first African slaves from Senegambia, West Africa, to Louisiana, US.
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
Betty White received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host.
The Soviet Union's ill-fated Soyuz 11 mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
