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Boeing B29 Superfortress

: 12 Jun – 13,000 British and French troops, including the entire British 51st Highland Infantry Division, surrendered to the 7th Panzer Division under Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux on the English Channel in France (1940). 12 Jun – The Son of Sam serial killer, David Berkowitz, was given six life sentences for six killings (1978). 12 Jun – In the first human powered flight across the English Channel, Bryan Allen flew the Gossamer Albatross 22 miles in 2 hours (1979).