Willie John McBride, Ireland and Lions Rugby Captain, Is Born in Toomebridge, Co. Antrim

June 06, 1940

Evacuation of Dunkirk (which began on May 27) was completed., 338,226 soldiers were brought back to the UK by the little ships.

RMS Queen Mary, Aquitania, Empress of Canada, and Empress of Britain arrive in the River Clyde with troops