2012 Event Australia's Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after the Warragamba Dam overflows, causing evacuations in the Sydney suburbs Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point 1945 Event 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa 1944 Event U.S. 3rd Army reaches suburbs of Brest Brittany 1944 Event British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy 1944 Event U.S. 30th division reaches suburbs of St-Lo Normandy 1943 Event King's Dragon Guards liberates suburbs of Naples 1943 Event Russian units reach suburbs of Orel 1939 Event General Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw 1935 Birthday Randolph Stow, author and poet, Suburbs of Hell
