The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre was carried out by the troops of the SS Panzer Division Das Reich in France, destroying the village and killing 642 residents. It was a reprisal for Resistance activities. 200 of the dead were women and children who were burned to death in a church.
A few escapees were tipped off as the village was surrounded by Alsatian members of the unit.
The Waffen SS also carried out the Distomo massacre on the same day, killing 214 residents of that Greek village in reprisal for a partisan attack upon the unit.
Utah and Omaha beaches were linked by the 2nd Armored Division. The artificial harbors of Arromanches and Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer began to be installed.
Allied casualties for the day in Normandy amounted to 15,000 men.
Iin Italy, the British 8th Army captured Pescara and Chieti.
British seaborne aircraft hit Saband in the Dutch East Indes as a diversion from American forces approaching the Mariana Islands.
The Red Army took Terijoki and Yalkena from the Finns.
Joe Nuxhall debuted for the Cincinnati Reds at age 15. He'd be sent down to the minors, but would reappear in the major leagues at age 23.
Jockey Jimmy Stout rode Bousset in horse racing's only triple dead heat in the Carter Handicap.
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