Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 6
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June 6: National holiday of Sweden observed.
- 1654 - Charles X Gustav succeeded his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne.
- 1925 - The Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler.
- 1944 - The Battle of Normandy began with 155,000 Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious military operation in history. (pictured)
- 1971 - The Ed Sullivan Show, a top rated variety show that introduced the United States to Elvis Presley and The Beatles, went off the air after twenty-three years.
- 1982 - A war in Lebanon began when Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon to root out PLO militants.
