Born on this day – Doris Merrick:

Doris Merrick

Actress

June 6, 1919 – November 30, 2019

Credits:

Interrupted Melody (1955); The Neanderthal Man (1953); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); Death Valley Days (1952); Big Town (1952); Untamed Women (1952); The Cisco Kid (1951–1952); Boston Blackie (1951); The Fighting Stallion (1950); The Counterfeiters (1948); The Pilgrim Lady (1946); Child of Divorce (1946); Hit the Hay (1945); This Love of Ours (1945); Sensation Hunters (1945); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); The Big Noise (1944); Ladies of Washington (1944); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Time to Kill (1942); That Other Woman (1942); Girl Trouble (1942); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).

Recommended reading - D-Day: June 6, 1944. The Battle for the Normandy Beaches, by Stephen E. Ambrose:

D-Day: June 6, 1944. The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

By Stephen E. Ambrose.

Originally published in 1994.

ISBN-10: 1471158268

ISBN-13: 978-1471158261

Description:

D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Distinguished historian Stephen E. Ambrose portrays the faces of courage and heroism, fear and determination — what Eisenhower called “the fury of an aroused democracy” — that shaped the victory of the citizen soldiers whom Hitler had disparaged.

Drawing on more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans, Ambrose reveals how the original plans for the invasion had to be abandoned, and how enlisted men and junior officers acted on their own initiative when they realized that nothing was as they were told it would be.

The action begins at midnight, June 5/6, when the first British and American airborne troops jumped into France. It ends at midnight June 6/7. Focusing on those pivotal twenty-four hours, it moves from the level of Supreme Commander to that of a French child, from General Omar Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Field Marshal Montgomery to a German sergeant. 

Ambrose’s D-Day is the finest account of one of our history’s most important days.

Beverly Cleary, on books:

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary.

Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise?

The dictionary knows.

The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted.

- Beverly Cleary.

Remembering D-Day - June 6, 1944:

In honor of all who served.

We will never forget.

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On this day in music history - The Night Shines Like the Day, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2009):

The Night Shines Like the Day

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,
released June 5, 2009.

Track list:

Green Is Everywhere; Is This the Ending; Snowflake; Don’t Hide Your Face from Me; Afloat; And I Long to See You Again; I’m Too Heavy Now; Walk Around Me; Moment; Rain, Oh Lord; One Day My Heart Will Break; Someday I’ll Carry You Home; Lose.

On this day in movie history - P.I. Private Investigations (1987):

P.I. Private Investigations

aka Private Investigations,

directed by Nigel Dick,

written by John Dahl and David W. Warfield,

based on a story by Nigel Dick,

was released in the United States on June 5, 1987.
Music by Murray Munro.

Cast:

Clayton Rohner, Ray Sharkey, Paul Le Mat, Talia Balsam, Phil Morris, Martin Balsam, William Kerwin, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Ito, Vernon Wells, Anthony Geary, Justin Lord, Richard Cummings Jr., Desiree Boschetti, Andy Romano, Sydney Walsh, Jon St. Elwood, Robert Torti, Nigel Dick.

On this day in movie history - The Italian Job (1969):

The Italian Job

directed by Peter Collinson,

written by Troy Kennedy Martin,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 5, 1969.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Michael Caine, Noël Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Margaret Blye, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Fred Emney, John Clive, Graham Payn, Michael Standing, Stanley Caine, Barry Cox, Harry Baird, George Innes, John Forgeham, Robert Powell, Derek Ware, Frank Jarvis, David Salamone, Richard Essame, Mario Valgoi, Renato Romano, Franco Norvelli, Robert Rietti, Timothy Bateson, David Kelly, Arnold Diamond, Simon Dee, Alistair Hunter, Lana Gatto, Louis Mansi, Henry McGee, Lelia Goldoni, Valerie Leon.