2014 Event World leaders gather in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day; Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine 1992 Death James A Van Fleet, U.S. general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100 1992 Death James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies 1944 Event Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion 1944 Event D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Death Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day 1944 Event 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day 1944 Event 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day 1944 Event General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th 1944 Event Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan 1944 Event Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats 1944 Event Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June 1943 Event General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day 1943 Event FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
