Jerry Maren (Gerard Marenghi)(January 24, 1920 – May 2018)
Jerry Maren, the last living munchkin from the movie “Wizard of Oz” (1939) has died. His niece ,Stacy Michelle Barrington told Fox News Maren died more than a month ago but the family decided to hold off on sharing the news with the media. (Fox News)
On this day in 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. 400,000 Allied American, British and Canadian troops were involved.
On this day in 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon in an effort to drive PLO guerrillas out of Beirut.
The body of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele was located and exhumed near Sao Paolo, Brazil on this day in 1985. Mengele was known as the "Angel of Death.”
Forensic expert, Dr. Daniel Romero Munoz, presents the exhumed skull of Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele at a press conference held in San Paulo, Brazil.
Experts surround the bones of Josef Mengele.
In Camden, NJ. on this day in 1933, the first drive-in movie theater opened.