According to the Wyoming State History calendar, a cat saved a LaGrange girl from a coiled rattlesnake.
Cat's reaction time is so incredibly quick they can out react snakes pretty readily, whereas humans cannot.
This is not actually a unique event. In 2017, for instance, a girl in Florida was saved from a rattlesnake by her grandmother's cat.
Airborne forces from the US, UK, Canada, and Poland would participate in the offensive. Ground troops from the US and UK provided the ground spearhead. The operation was a British one in terms of command.
Dutch railway workers went on strike, heading a call made by Gen. Eisenhower.
The Canadian Army launched Operation Wellhit to take Boulogne, France.
The Battle of San Marino began in the tiny independant Italian enclave, which had declared itself to be neutral. German forces entered it for refuge anyway, and the battle was on.
The Soviets launched the Tallinn Offensive.
A bomb dropped by the RAF disabled the Tirpitz.
The UK relaxed blackout restrictions in London.
The Battle of Angaur began on Palau.
The carrier Un'yō was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by the American submarine Barb.
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