The 6th of June is remembered for the intense human drama of D-Day on the coast of France [1].
This is also the birthday of Dieudonné Joseph Saive (born 1899.) He was the designer of many well-known firearms including the Browning Hi-Power [2], the FN49 [3] and co-designer (along with Ernest Vervier) of the very popular FN-FAL [4]. The FAL (in metric and inch variants) was issued to the militaries of more than 90 countries.