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Wednesday, 17 June 2026
May 26 Tank battle at Bir Hakeim African corps vs British army. 
May 27 Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor.
May 27 Hitler orders 10000 Czechoslovakians murdered.
May 27 Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim.
May 27 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague.
May 28 1800 Czechoslovakians murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich.
May 28 1800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich
May 29 Actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60
May 29 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date
May 29 HMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation
May 29 John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
May 30 1047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WWII
May 30 US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor.
May 31 Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour
May 31 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury
May 31 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia, assassinated
Jun 01 Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53.
Jun 01 Treblinka opens.
Jun 02 Barry Levinson, American film director is born.
Jun 02 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator.
Jun 03 Battle of Midway Island begins
Jun 04 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II.
Jun 04 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's inaugural major defeat in WW II
Jun 04 Capitol Record Co opens for business.
Jun 04 Japanese suffer heavy losses at Midway Island.
Jun 04 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies.
Jun 04 The Battle of Midway begins
Jun 05 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
Jun 05 Eichmann officially notes that since December 1941, 97000 people have been "processed" in three gas-vans.
Jun 06 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray).
Jun 06 Japanese are turned back at the Battle of Midway.
Jun 06 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway.
Jun 06 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich.
Jun 06 The inaugural nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
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