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A bit of June 6th history…
1822 - Alexis St. Martin Was shot in the stomach and treated by physician William Beaumont, this leads Beaumont to conduct digestion experiments through the hole in St. Martin’s stomach
1912 - Eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century
1944 - Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000 strong allied expeditionary force lands in Normandy, France during WWII (pictured)
1984 - Video game Tetris is first released in Soviet Union
2012 - Transit of Venus occurs - last time in 21st century (pictured below)
A bit of June 6th history… 1822 - Alexis St. Martin Was shot in...