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.
[edit ] Events
68 – The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba .793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria , commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade.1405 – Richard le Scrope , Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray , Earl of Norfolk , are executed in York on Henry IV 's orders.1690 – Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.1776 – American Revolutionary War : Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec .1783 – The volcano Laki , in Iceland , begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine .1789 – James Madison introduces 12 proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the United States House of Representatives ; 10 of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights 1856 – The community of Pitcairn Islands and descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty consisting of 194 people arrived on the Morayshire at Norfolk Island commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.1861 – American Civil War : Tennessee secedes from the Union .1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan .1887 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator .1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures .1928 – Second Northern Expedition : The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking , whose name is changed to Beijing .1941 – World War II : Allies invade Syria and Lebanon .1942 – World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle .1948 – Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater 1949 – Celebrities Helen Keller , Dorothy Parker , Danny Kaye , Fredric March , John Garfield , Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.1953 – Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence : A tornado hits Flint, Michigan , and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.1953 – The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail .1966 – One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.1966 – Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale : the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
1967 – Six-Day War : The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.1968 – James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 – The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery .
1974 – An F4 tornado strikes Emporia, Kansas , killing six.1984 – Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australia state of New South Wales 1984 – An F5 tornado strikes Barneveld, Wisconsin , killing nine, injuring 200, 90% of the town is destroyed.1986 – Kurt Waldheim , former Secretary-General of the United Nations , is elected president of Austria .1987 – New Zealand 's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia .1995 – The first release of the PHP programming language is released by Rasmus Lerdorf .2001 – Mamoru Takuma stabs 8 elementary school pupils to death during the Osaka school massacre .2007 – Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia , is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker .2008 – The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda , Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Katō drives a two-ton truck into a crowded pedestrianised area before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife, killing seven and injuring ten.
[edit ] Births
1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian scientist (d. 1712)1671 – Tomaso Albinoni , Italian composer (d. 1751)1717 – John Collins , American politician (d. 1795)1724 – John Smeaton , English civil engineer (d. 1794)1743 – Alessandro Cagliostro , Italian adventurer (d. 1795)1745 – Caspar Wessel , Danish mathematician (d. 1818)1757 – Cardinal Ercole Consalvi , Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)1810 – Robert Schumann , German composer (d. 1856)1831 – Thomas J. Higgins , decorated Union Army soldier (d. 1917)1842 – John Q. A. Brackett , 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)1847 – Ida McKinley , First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval , French physicist (d. 1940)1854 – Douglas Colin Cameron , Canadian politician (d. 1921)1855 – George Charles Haité , English designer, painter and illustrator (d.1924)1859 – Smith Wigglesworth , British religious figure (d. 1947)1860 – Alicia Boole Stott , Irish mathematician (d. 1940)1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright , American architect (d. 1959)1872 – Jan Frans De Boever , Belgian painter (d. 1949)1885 – Karl Genzken , Nazi physician (d. 1957)1897 – John G. Bennett , British scientist and author (d. 1974)1901 – Lena Baker , American murderer (d. 1945)1903 – Ralph Yarborough , U.S. Senator from Texas (d. 1996)1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar , French author (d. 1987)
1910 – John W. Campbell , American publisher and editor (d. 1971)1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives , French photographer (d. 2003)
1911 – Edmundo Rivero , Argentine singer (d. 1986)1912 – Harry Holtzman , American abstract artist (d. 1987)1912 – Maurice Bellemare , French Canadian politician (d. 1989)
1916 – Francis Crick , English molecular biologist; Nobel laureate (d. 2004)1916 – Luigi Comencini , Italian film director (d. 2007)
1917 – Byron White , American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (d. 2002)1918 – Robert Preston , American actor (d. 1987)1918 – John D. Roberts , American chemist
1920 – Gwen Harwood , Australian poet (d. 1995)1921 – LeRoy Neiman , American painter1921 – Alexis Smith , Canadian actress (d. 1993)
1921 – Suharto , President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
1923 – Malcolm Boyd , American Episcopal Priest and author1924 – Lyn Nofziger , American political operative (d. 2006)1925 – Barbara Bush , First Lady of the United States 1925 – Eddie Gaedel , American baseball player (d. 1961)
1925 – Del Ennis , baseball player (d. 1996)
1927 – Jerry Stiller , American comedian and actor1930 – Robert Aumann , German-born Israeli mathematician; Nobel laureate1930 – Marcel Léger , Quebec politician (d. 1993)
1931 – Dana Wynter , German-born American actress1933 – Joan Rivers , American comedian and author1934 – Millicent Martin , English singer and actress1936 – James Darren , American actor and singer1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson , American physicist, Nobel laureate
1939 – Bernie Casey , American football player and actor1940 – Nancy Sinatra , American singer1940 – Jim Wickwire , American mountaineer
1941 – Robert Bradford , Northern Irish politician (d. 1981)1941 – Fuzzy Haskins , American musician (P Funk )
1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos , Greek politician1942 – Doug Mountjoy , Welsh snooker player
1942 – Chuck Negron , American singer (Three Dog Night )
1943 – Colin Baker , British actor1943 – William Calley , American war criminal
1943 – Willie Davenport , American athlete (d. 2002)
1944 – Mark Belanger , American baseball player (d. 1998)1944 – Annie Haslam , English painter and singer (Renaissance )
1944 – Marc Ouellet , Archbishop of Quebec City
1944 – Boz Scaggs , American singer and songwriter
1946 – Alan Scarfe , British-born Canadian actor1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus , American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 – Emanuel Ax , Polish-born pianist1949 – Jeffrey Mylett , American actor (d. 1986)
1950 – Kathy Baker , American actress1950 – Sonia Braga , Brazilian actress
1951 – Bonnie Tyler , Welsh singer and guitarist1951 – Tony Rice , American acoustic guitarist
1953 – Olav Stedje , Norwegian singer-songwriter1953 – Ad Tak , Dutch cyclist
1954 – Sergei Storchak , Russian deputy finance minister1955 – Tim Berners-Lee , English internet developer1955 – Griffin Dunne , American actor
1955 – Greg Ginn , American guitarist (Black Flag )
1956 – Udo Bullmann , German politician1957 – Scott Adams , American cartoonist1957 – Dimple Kapadia , Indian actress1957 – Don Robinson , American baseball player
1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans , American actor and director1960 – Mick Hucknall , English singer and songwriter (Simply Red )1960 – Thomas Steen , Swedish hockey player
1962 – John Gibbons , American Baseball Player/Manager1962 – Nick Rhodes , English musician (Duran Duran )1962 – Kristine W , American musician
1963 – Keti Garbi , Greek singer1964 – Butch Reynolds , American former 400m runner1965 – Kevin Farley , American actor1965 – Rob Pilatus , German-American singer and dancer (d. 1998)
1965 – Chris Chavis , American professional wrestler
1966 – Julianna Margulies , American actress1966 – Doris Pearson , singer, Five Star
1968 – Rob Ray , Canadian hockey player1969 – J.P. Manoux , American actor1969 – Marcos Siega , American director
1969 – David Sutcliffe , Canadian actor
1970 – Gabrielle Giffords , American politician1970 – Teresa Strasser , American Morning Radio Host
1970 – Seu Jorge , Brazilian musician and actor
1970 – Kelli Williams , American actress
1970 – Troy Vincent , American footballer1971 – Mark Feuerstein , American actor
1972 – Christian Mayrleb , Austrian footballer1973 – Lexa Doig , Canadian actress1973 – Bryant Reeves , American basketball player
1973 – Lucija Šerbedžija , Croatian actress
1975 – Bryan McCabe , Canadian hockey player1975 – Shilpa Shetty , Indian actress
1976 – Lindsay Davenport , American tennis player1976 – Kenji Johjima , Japanese baseball player
1977 – Kanye West , American rapper1978 – Maria Menounos , American actress and television host1979 – Pete Orr , Canadian baseball player1979 – Derek Trucks , American guitarist
1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel , Mexican footballer
1979 – Adine Wilson , New Zealand netball player
1981 – Alex Band , American singer (The Calling )1981 – Matteo Meneghello , Italian racing driver
1981 – Ai Nonaka , Japanese voice actor
1981 – Sara Watkins , American fiddler
1981 – Jess Weixler , American actress1982 – Dickson Etuhu , Nigerian footballer1982 – Irina Lazareanu , Romanian/Canadian model
1982 – Nadia Petrova , Russian tennis player
1983 – Kim Clijsters , Belgian tennis player1983 – Lee Harding , Australian punk rock singer
1983 – Pantelis Kapetanos , Greek footballer
1983 – Mamoru Miyano , Japanese voice actor
1984 – Andrea Casiraghi , Monagasque royalty1984 – Javier Mascherano , Argentine footballer
1985 – Alexandre Despatie , Canadian diver1986 – Patrick Kaleta , American hockey player
[edit ] Deaths
218 – Macrinus , Roman Emperor (b. 165)632 – Muhammad , Prophet 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)1383 – Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros , English Crusader (b. 1338)1384 – Kanami , Japanese actor (b. 1333)1476 – George Neville , English archbishop and statesman (b. 1432)1505 – Hongzhi , Emperor of China (b. 1470)1611 – Jean Bertaut , French poet (b. 1552)1612 – Hans Leo Hassler , German composer (b. 1562)1621 – Anne de Xainctonge , French saint (b. 1567)1628 – Rudolph Goclenius , German philosopher (b. 1547)1714 – Sophia of Hanover , heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630)1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658)1727 – August Hermann Francke , German Protestant minister (b. 1663)1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann , German scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717)1771 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax , English statesman (b. 1716)1795 – King Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)1809 – Thomas Paine , American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737)1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi , Italian physicist (b. 1761)1845 – Andrew Jackson , 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)1857 – Douglas William Jerrold , British playwright and satirist (b. 1803)1874 – Cochise , Apache leader1876 – George Sand , French author (b. 1804)1885 – Ignace Bourget , Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799)1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins , English Poet(b. 1844)1924 – Andrew Irvine , English mountain climber (b. 1902)1924 – George Leigh Mallory , English mountain climber (b. 1886)
1929 – Bliss Carman , Canadian poet (b. 1861)1945 – Karl Hanke , Nazi official (b. 1903)1951 – Eugène Fiset , Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874)1956 – Marie Laurencin , French painter (b. 1883)1965 – Edmondo Rossoni , Italian fascist (b. 1884)1966 – Anton Melik , Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)1969 – Robert Taylor , American actor (b. 1911)1970 – Abraham Maslow , American psychologist (b. 1908)1972 – Jimmy Rushing , American blues singer (b. 1901)1980 – Ernst Busch , German singer and actor (b. 1900)1982 – Satchel Paige , American baseball player (b. 1906)1984 – Gordon Jacob , English composer (b. 1895)1993 – Root Boy Slim , American entertainer (b. 1945)1997 – George Turner , Australian author (b. 1916)1998 – Sani Abacha , President of Nigeria (b. 1943)1998 – Maria Reiche , German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
2000 – Jeff MacNelly , American political cartoonist (b. 1948)2003 – Leighton Rees , Welsh darts player (b. 1940)2004 – Mack Jones , American baseball player (b. 1938)2006 – Robert Donner , American actor (b. 1931)2006 – Abouna Matta El Meskeen , Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
2007 – Kenny Olsson , Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)2007 – Richard Rorty , American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
2008 – Šaban Bajramović , Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936)2009 – Omar Bongo , President of Gabon (b. 1935)
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