1940: During World War II, the Allied military completed the evacuation of more than 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France.

1989: Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pro-democracy demonstrators and dozens of soldiers are estimated to have been killed when Chinese troops crushed a seven-week-long protest held by occupying demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

In the nation

1998: A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison without parole for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, which killed 168 people.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Bruce Dern is 89. Golf Hall of Famer Sandra Haynie is 82. Musician-actor Michelle Phillips is 81. Musician El DeBarge is 64. Musician Al B. Sure! is 57. Actor Scott Wolf is 57. Comedian-actor Horatio Sanz is 56. Actor Noah Wyle is 54. Actor Angelina Jolie is 50. Actor-comedian T.J. Miller is 44. Olympic figure skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek is 40. — The Associated Press