Greetings!
I hope you don't mind that I  have taken the liberty of including you in my Highlights of History newsletter. I am a bit of a history buff and enjoy sharing some of the interesting tidbits I am discovering about historical events. I would enjoy hearing what you think so please keep in touch.
Sincerely,
Heath Hirschi
Hirschi Law Group, PLLC
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Operation Overlord
JUNE 6, 1944 - During World War II, nearly 160,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning at 6:30 a.m. local time. The invasion known as D-Day was successful in breaking through the Atlantic Wall, an extensive system of German fortifications which stretched from the northern reaches of Norway to the border of France and Spain. Approximately 10,000 entrenched German soldiers put up a determined fight and claimed over 12,000 casualties during the invasion. However the sheer numbers of the Allied invaders ultimately overwhelmed the German forces and victory was won. The Battle of Normandy proved to be a key turning point for the Allied forces in the Second World War.
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A New Game in Town
 JUNE 6, 1946 - The National Basketball Association was founded in New York City with 11 inaugural teams under the name Basketball Association of America (BAA). Competition started in November of that same year and teams played a 60-game season. The Philadelphia Warriors won the first BAA championship over the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1. The name was changed to the National Basketball Association three years later when the BAA absorbed the older but struggling National Basketball League. Three of the inaugural teams still play in the NBA today: the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics, and the Philadelphia (now Golden State) Warriors.
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Orwellian Predictions
 June 8, 1949 - George Orwell's signature work Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published. The dystopian novel foretold a future when the fictional country of Oceania is in a constant state of war and is ruled over by an omnipresent government that persecutes individualism and independent thinking as thoughtcrimes. Orwell, whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, died from tuberculosis only seven months after the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel is considered to be one of the greatest works of the 20th Century and many of its terms and concepts have entered everyday lexicon including, Big Brother, doublethink and thoughtcrime. |
