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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian04 Jun 2016 6:21 p.m. PST

Occasionally, TMP runs a special header commemorating a particular person or event associated with 'today's date'.

Wyatt the Odd is the artist who has designed all of the headers. (Thank you!)

We currently have 78 of these headers, but of course, there are more days in the year than 78.

For June, some open dates are:

June 14
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
June 26
June 27
June 28
June 29
June 30

Suggestions?

Rakkasan04 Jun 2016 6:26 p.m. PST

Well, the 14th is the birthday of the US Army:
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15th Hussar04 Jun 2016 6:46 p.m. PST

June 14th… Marengo, Friedlander & Raab.

thorr66604 Jun 2016 6:46 p.m. PST

June 30 is my birthday, so….

DisasterWargamer Supporting Member of TMP04 Jun 2016 7:34 p.m. PST

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I found entering the date and selecting Go – I got plenty of dates – quite a few choices for each day – I put down a few

June 14 1645 Oliver Cromwell‘s army routs the king's army at Naseby or

June 19 1778 General George Washington‘s troops finally leave Valley Forge after a winter of training. or 1821 The Ottomans defeat the Greeks at the Battle of Dragasani.

June 20 451 Roman and barbarian warriors halt Attila‘s army at the Catalaunian Plains in eastern France.

June 21 1887 Britain celebrates the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria.

June 22 1807 British seamen board the USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to the War of 1812

June 23 1700 Russia gives up its Black Sea fleet as part of a truce with the Ottoman Empire.

June 24 217 BC Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal destroy a Roman army under consul Gaius Flaminius in a battle at Lake Trasimene in central Italy. Or 1314 Scottish forces, led by Robert the Bruce, win an overwhelming victory against English King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn.

June 26 1804 The Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches the mouth of the Kansas River after completing a westward trek of nearly 400 river miles.

June 27 1905 The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinies. Or 1918 Two German pilots are saved by parachutes for the first time.

June 28 1778 Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carries water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth.

June 29 1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.

June 30 1520 Montezuma II is murdered as Spanish conquistadors flee the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan during the night.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP04 Jun 2016 7:40 p.m. PST

The 19th is Father's Day and my daughter's birthday.

Mooseworks804 Jun 2016 7:42 p.m. PST

June 21st was the day that the British Solar Expeditionary Force left Britain for Mars.

Combat Colours04 Jun 2016 8:27 p.m. PST

June 22, 1941 -operation Barbarossa, German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Rod I Robertson04 Jun 2016 8:56 p.m. PST

June 24 – St. Jean Baptiste (John the Baptist) or if you want more secular choices Fred Hoyle or Eleuthere Irenee du Pont or Jack Dempsey. Also Angelina Jolie I think.
Cheers.
Rod Robertson.

Wyatt the Odd Fezian04 Jun 2016 10:10 p.m. PST

The events should be related to gaming, or at least gamable on some level…

Wyatt

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP05 Jun 2016 8:05 a.m. PST

Well I'll probably get DH'd again … But while I was DH'd on US Memorial Day. I asked Bill if he would post this for me … for all US Vets …

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I guess being DH'd trumps honoring US Military dead ? Thanks …

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP05 Jun 2016 9:26 a.m. PST

Harrumph. June 19, 1863 was the naval action between the Alabama and the Kearsage off Cherbourg, France.

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