June 8
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June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 68 AD – The Roman Senate proclaims Galba Emperor.
- 793 AD – Vikings or raiding tribes from Scandinavia, attack and steal valuable objects from Lindisfarne, a monastery off the coast of Northumbria in England.
- 1191 – Richard I of England arrives in Acre, Palestine, beginning his Crusade.
- 1783 – An eruption occurs in the Laki crater in Iceland. It causes widespread famine, killing several thousand Icelanders and also has devastating effects on other parts of Europe and in other parts of the World.
- 1794 – Maximilien Robespierre founds the cult of Supreme Being.
- 1856 – A group of Pitcairn Islanders, descendents of Bounty mutineers, land on Norfolk Island and settle there.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces save the army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula.
- 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
- 1912 – In the High Jump, Marc Wright becomes the first person to clear a height of 4 metres.
- 1924 – Climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine go missing while attempting to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. It is unknown whether they managed to reach the summit.
- 1928 – The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, renaming it Beiping.
- 1929 – Margaret Bondfield becomes the first female cabinet minister in the UK, when she becomes Minister of Labour.
- 1941 – World War II: The Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
- 1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales.
- 1949 – The novel 1984 by George Orwell goes on sale in London.
- 1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, DC can't refuse to serve black patrons.
- 1953 – Flint, Michigan is hit by a tornado, killing 115 people.
- 1966 – Topeka, Kansas is hit by a tornado that kills 16 people.
- 1968 – James Earl Ray is arrested in London for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr..
- 1972 – US bombers drop a napalm bomb in South Vietnam. One of the most striking images of the Vietnam War was taken on this day, of 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc running down a road with burns resulting from the attack.
- 1982 – Falklands War: 56 servicemen are killed in an Argentine attack on two British landing ships.
- 1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in New South Wales.
- 1990 – The 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy begins.
- 1992 – World Ocean Day is observed for the first time.
- 1996 – UEFA Euro 1996 in England begins.
- 2003 – In a referendum in Poland, 77% of voters approve joining the EU.
- 2007 – Paris Hilton, heiress and celebrity, gets a 45 day jail sentence for drunk driving which gets much attention.
- 2008 – Akihabara shopping district, Chiyoda, Tokyo: Tomohiro Kato drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before attacking people with a knife.
- 2009 – Gabon's President Omar Bongo dies after more than 41-and-a-half years in office.
- 2012 – UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine begins. In the opening game, the Poland national football team and the Greece national football team draw 1-1.
Births [change]
- 1594 – Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim, German general (d. 1632)
- 1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (d. 1712)
- 1724 – John Smeaton, British civil engineer (d. 1794)
- 1743 – Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)
- 1745 – Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (d. 1818)
- 1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)
- 1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
- 1847 – Ida Saxton McKinley, First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
- 1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947)
- 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
- 1895 – Santiago Bernabeu Yeste, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
- 1897 – John G. Bennett, British scientist and author (d. 1974)
- 1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, author (d. 1987)
- 1903 – Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator and Texas politician (d. 1996)
- 1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003)
- 1910 – John W. Campbell Jr., science fiction writer, publisher, editor (d. 1971)
- 1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentine singer (d. 1986)
- 1912 – Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist (d. 1987)
- 1916 – Francis Crick, British scientist, Nobel laureate, helped discover the molecular structure of DNA (d. 2004)
- 1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Byron White, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 2002)
- 1918 – Robert Preston, actor (d. 1987)
- 1921 – Suharto, former President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
- 1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (d. 1993)
- 1924 – Lyn Nofziger, American political operative
- 1925 – Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States
- 1927 – LeRoy Neiman, American painter
- 1929 – Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor
- 1930 – Robert Aumann, German-Israeli mathematician
- 1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedienne, author
- 1934 – Millicent Martin, English singer and actress
- 1936 – James Darren, actor, singer
- 1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist
- 1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer
- 1941 – Fuzzy Haskins, American musician ("P Funk")
- 1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
- 1942 – Horst Wolter, German footballer
- 1943 – Colin Baker, British actor
- 1943 – William Calley, American war criminal
- 1944 – Boz Scaggs, singer, songwriter
- 1946 – Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of Saint Lucia
- 1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist
- 1947 – Sara Paretsky, American author
- 1948 – Jürgen von der Lippe, German show master
- 1950 – Sonia Braga, actress
- 1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer, guitarist
- 1953 – Ivo Sanader, former Prime Minister of Croatia
- 1955 – Griffin Dunne, actor
- 1955 – Sir Tim Berners-Lee, British inventor of the World Wide Web
- 1956 – Udo Bullmann, German politician
- 1957 – Scott Adams, cartoonist ("Dilbert")
- 1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, comedian, actor, director
- 1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer/songwriter ("Simply Red")
- 1962 – Nick Rhodes, English musician ("Duran Duran")
- 1965 – Rob Pilatus, German-born singer and dancer
- 1966 – Julianna Margulies, American actress (ER)
- 1969 – Marcos Siega, American director
- 1970 – Gabrielle Giffords, United States Congresswoman
- 1970 – Kelli Williams, actress (The Practice)
- 1971 – Troy Vincent, American football player
- 1973 – Lexa Doig, Canadian actress (Andromeda)
- 1975 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
- 1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
- 1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer
- 1978 – Matthew Bellamy, British musician ("Muse")
- 1981 – Sara Watkins, violinist ("Nickel Creek")
- 1982 – Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
- 1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
- 1983 – Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer
- 1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentine footballer
- 1984 – Andrea Casiraghi, Monegasque royalty
- 1985 – Pierre Spies, South African rugby player
Deaths [change]
- 632 – Muhammad the Prophet, founder of Islam (b. 570)
- 1042 – Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018)
- 1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
- 1384 – Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)
- 1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
- 1714 – Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
- 1795 – Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
- 1809 – Thomas Paine, American writer (b. 1737)
- 1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
- 1845 – Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
- 1874 – Cochise, Apache chief (b. between 1810 and 1823)
- 1876 – George Sand, French writer (b. 1804)
- 1924 – George Mallory, English mountain climber (b. 1886)
- 1924 – Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (b. 1902)
- 1945 – Karl Hanke, Nazi official (b. 1903)
- 1956 – Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883)
- 1966 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)
- 1980 – Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (b. 1900)
- 1980 – Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1904)
- 1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906)
- 1990 – José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (b. 1906)
- 1998 – Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
- 1998 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
- 2007 – Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, 1st President of Somalia (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher (b. 1931)
- 2009 – Omar Bongo, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
Observances [change]
- World Ocean Day
