Today's selected anniversaries: 7th December 2024

 Today's selected anniversaries: 7th December 2024

1942:

Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Frankton

1975:

The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor

2015:

The JAXA space probe Akatsuki  entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_%28spacecraft%29

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