June 06 Today in 1940s History: 1941 - Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time 1942 - 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray) 1942 - 74th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Shut Out wins in 2:29.2 1942 - Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1942 - Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians 1944 - Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion 1944 - D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 - Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 1944 - Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor 1944 - U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje 1944 - Alaska Airlines commences operations. 1945 - "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1946 - 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season 1946 - Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV 1946 - Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip 1946 - The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City. 1947 - Treaty drawn for establishment of Intl Patent Institute 1949 - "It Pays To Be Ignorant," game Show, debut on CBS-TV 1949 - WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
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