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Dunkirk


1995 Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72

1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82

1976 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59

1975 Chad Green, born in Dunkirk, New York, baseball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze

1940 British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops

1940 Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk

1940 Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach

1940 British and French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)

1940 Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk

1922 Robert Urquhart, actor, Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed, Dark Avenger

1662 Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France

1657 France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk


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