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June 6

4 sourced moments from June 6 in history: The YMCA was founded in London (1844); The first drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey (1933); D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history (1944), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on June 6

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1984 Technology · Computing & AI

Tetris was created by a Soviet computer scientist

On a clunky Soviet research computer with no graphics to speak of, one programmer assembled the most universally addictive puzzle ever.

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1944 History · War & Conflict

D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history

On June 6, 1944, about 156,000 Allied troops crossed the Channel and landed on five Normandy beaches — opening the campaign that freed Western Europe.

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1933 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

The first drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey

A car-parts salesman patented the idea of watching films from your front seat, then opened the world's first drive-in.

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1844 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The YMCA was founded in London

A 22-year-old draper gathered eleven friends in a London shop and sparked one of the world's largest youth movements.

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