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D-Day Normandy Landings

Took place on June 6, 1944

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The 83rd anniversary falls on June 6, 2027, in 225 days.

Allied forces launch the largest seaborne invasion in history, opening a Western Front in World War II.

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1799–1837

Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.

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LiteratureDied aged 37

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1599–1660

Diego Velázquez

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660) was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.

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ArtDied aged 61

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1875–1955

Thomas Mann

Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual.

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LiteratureDied aged 80

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1875–1961

Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung ( YUUNG; Swiss Standard German:; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustrator, correspondent, and academic, best known for his concept of archetypes.

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