June, 8th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 08, 2004:
First Transit of Venus in this millennium.

Friday 08, 2001:
Popular editorial site suck.com, one of the first original content sites on the internet, publishes its final article, "Gone Fishin'."

Tuesday 08, 1999:
War on drugs: The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.

Monday 08, 1998:
Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the U.S. National Rifle Association.

Saturday 08, 1996:
Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Thursday 08, 1995:
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

Monday 08, 1992:
The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sunday 08, 1986:
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.

Friday 08, 1984:
Homosexuality is decriminalised in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Saturday 08, 1974:
An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing six.

Sunday 08, 1969:
After the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) cancels the program, the last Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour airs.

Saturday 08, 1968:
The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

Thursday 08, 1967:
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.

Monday 08, 1959:
The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.

Monday 08, 1953:
The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.

Thursday 08, 1950:
Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.

Wednesday 08, 1949:
Red Scare: Such celebrities as 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.

Tuesday 08, 1948:
Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.

Sunday 08, 1941:
World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.

Saturday 08, 1912:
Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures.

Wednesday 08, 1887:
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.

Friday 08, 1866:
The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa.

Sunday 08, 1862:
Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George McClellan.

Saturday 08, 1861:
American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

Sunday 08, 1783:
The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.

Saturday 08, 1776:
American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Saturday 08, 1624:
An earthquake strikes Peru

Saturday 08, 1405:
1405 - First execution in England of a Bishop (Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York) by a King (Henry IV)

Tuesday 08, 793:
The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known

Friday 08, 536:
St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date).

Friday 08, 68:
The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 08

1977:
Kanye West, American rapper (b: June 8, 1977) (Biography of Kanye West)

1973:
Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player (b: June 8, 1973) (Biography of Kim Clijsters)

1972:
Lexa Doig, Canadian actress (b: June 8, 1972) (Biography of Lexa Doig)
Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player (b: June 8, 1972) (Biography of Lindsay Davenport)
Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse) (b: June 8, 1972) (Biography of Matthew Bellamy)
Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player (b: June 8, 1972) (Biography of Nadia Petrova)

1971:
Troy Vincent, American football player (b: June 8, 1971) (Biography of Troy Vincent)

1970:
Kelli Williams, American actress (b: June 8, 1970) (Biography of Kelli Williams)

1969:
Marcos Siega, American director (b: June 8, 1969) (Biography of Marcos Siega)

1966:
Julianna Margulies, American actress (b: June 8, 1966) (Biography of Julianna Margulies)

1962:
Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran) (b: June 8, 1962) (Biography of Nick Rhodes)

1960:
Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red) (b: June 8, 1960) (Biography of Mick Hucknall)

1958:
Keenen Ivory Wayans, American comedian, actor, and director (b: June 8, 1958) (Biography of Keenen Ivory Wayans)

1957:
Scott Adams, American cartoonist (b: June 8, 1957) (Biography of Scott Adams)

1955:
Griffin Dunne, American actor (b: June 8, 1955) (Biography of Griffin Dunne)
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, English inventor of the World Wide Web (b: June 8, 1955) (Biography of Tim Berners-Lee)
Greg Ginn, American guitarist (Black Flag) (b: June 8, 1955) (Biography of Greg Ginn)

1951:
Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer and guitarist (b: June 8, 1951) (Biography of Bonnie Tyler)

1950:
Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress (b: June 8, 1950) (Biography of Sonia Braga)

1949:
Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist (b: June 8, 1949) (Biography of Emanuel Ax)

1944:
Boz Scaggs, American singer and songwriter (b: June 8, 1944) (Biography of Boz Scaggs)

1943:
Colin Baker, British actor (b: June 8, 1943) (Biography of Colin Baker)

1942:
Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player (b: June 8, 1942) (Biography of Doug Mountjoy)

1941:
Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (P Funk) (b: June 8, 1941) (Biography of Fuzzy Haskins)

1940:
Nancy Sinatra, American singer (b: June 8, 1940) (Biography of Nancy Sinatra)

1936:
James Darren, American actor and singer (b: June 8, 1936) (Biography of James Darren)
Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 8, 1936) (Biography of Kenneth G. Wilson)

1934:
Millicent Martin, English singer and actress (b: June 8, 1934) (Biography of Millicent Martin)

1933:
Joan Rivers, American comedienne and author (b: June 8, 1933) (Biography of Joan Rivers)

1929:
Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor (b: June 8, 1929) (Biography of Jerry Stiller)

1927:
LeRoy Neiman, American painter (b: June 8, 1927) (Biography of LeRoy Neiman)

1925:
Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States (b: June 8, 1925) (Biography of Barbara Bush)

1924:
Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (b: June 8, 1924) (Biography of Lyn Nofziger)

1921:
Suharto, President of Indonesia (b: June 8, 1921) (Biography of Suharto)
Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b: June 8, 1921 ; d: June 9, 1993) (Biography of Alexis Smith)

1918:
Robert Preston, American actor (b: June 8, 1918 ; d: March 21, 1987) (Biography of Robert Preston)

1917:
Byron White, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b: June 8, 1917 ; d: April 15, 2002) (Biography of Byron White)

1916:
Francis Crick, English microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b: June 8, 1916 ; d: July 28, 2004) (Biography of Francis Crick)

1910:
Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b: June 8, 1910 ; d: April 23, 2003) (Biography of Fernand Fonssagrives)
John W. Campbell Jr., writer, publisher, and editor (b: June 8, 1910 ; d: July 11, 1971) (Biography of John W. Campbell)

1903:
Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator from Texas (b: June 8, 1903 ; d: January 27, 1996) (Biography of Ralph Yarborough)
Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (b: June 8, 1903 ; d: December 17, 1987) (Biography of Marguerite Yourcenar)

1867:
Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b: June 8, 1867 ; d: April 9, 1959) (Biography of Frank Lloyd Wright)

1847:
Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b: June 8, 1847 ; d: May 26, 1907) (Biography of Ida McKinley)

1810:
Robert Schumann, German composer (b: June 8, 1810 ; d: July 29, 1856) (Biography of Robert Schumann)

1743:
Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (b: June 8, 1743) (Biography of Alessandro Cagliostro)

1724:
John Smeaton, English civil engineer (b: June 8, 1724 ; d: October 28, 1794) (Biography of John Smeaton)

1625:
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (b: June 8, 1625 ; d: September 14, 1712) (Biography of Giovanni Domenico Cassini)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-june/births.html

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People who died on June 08

2004:
Mack Jones, baseball player (b: November 6, 1938 ; d: June 8, 2004) (Biography of Mack Jones)

2000:
Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b: September 17, 1947 ; d: June 8, 2000) (Biography of Jeff MacNelly)

1998:
Sani Abacha (d: June 8, 1998) (Biography of Sani Abacha)

1982:
Leroy "Satchel" Paige, baseball player (b: July 7, 1906 ; d: June 8, 1982) (Biography of Satchel Paige)

1970:
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b: April 1, 1908 ; d: June 8, 1970) (Biography of Abraham Maslow)

1969:
Robert Taylor (actor) (d: June 8, 1969) (Biography of Robert Taylor (actor))

1966:
Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b: January 1, 1890 ; d: June 8, 1966) (Biography of Anton Melik)

1965:
Edmondo Rossoni (d: June 8, 1965) (Biography of Edmondo Rossoni)

1929:
Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (b: April 15, 1861 ; d: June 8, 1929) (Biography of Bliss Carman)

1924:
George Leigh Mallory (d: June 8, 1924) (Biography of George Leigh Mallory)
Andrew Irvine (d: June 8, 1924) (Biography of Andrew Irvine)

1876:
George Sand, French writer (b: July 1, 1804 ; d: June 8, 1876) (Biography of George Sand)

1874:
Cochise (d: June 8, 1874) (Biography of Cochise)

1857:
Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b: January 3, 1803 ; d: June 8, 1857) (Biography of Douglas William Jerrold)

1845:
Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States, (b: March 15, 1767 ; d: June 8, 1845) (Biography of Andrew Jackson)

1809:
Thomas Paine, American patriot (b: January 29, 1737 ; d: June 8, 1809) (Biography of Thomas Paine)

1795:
King Louis XVII of France (b: March 27, 1785 ; d: June 8, 1795) (Biography of Louis XVII of France)

1727:
August Hermann Francke, German protestant minister (b: March 22, 1663 ; d: June 8, 1727) (Biography of August Hermann Francke)

1716:
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b: April 19, 1658 ; d: June 8, 1716) (Biography of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine)

1714:
Sophia of Hanover (b: October 14, 1630 ; d: June 8, 1714) (Biography of Sophia of Hanover)

1628:
Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b: March 1, 1547 ; d: June 8, 1628) (Biography of Rudolph Goclenius)

1621:
Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b: November 21, 1567 ; d: June 8, 1621) (Biography of Anne de Xainctonge)

1612:
Hans Leo Hassler (baptised), German composer (b: August 17, 1562 ; d: June 8, 1612) (Biography of Hans Leo Hassler)

1611:
Jean Bertaut (d: June 8, 1611) (Biography of Jean Bertaut)

1505:
Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b: July 30, 1470 ; d: June 8, 1505) (Biography of Hongzhi)

1476:
George Neville (d: June 8, 1476) (Biography of George Neville)

1042:
Harthacanute (d: June 8, 1042) (Biography of Harthacanute)

632:
Muhammad (d: June 8, 632) (Biography of Muhammad)

218:
Macrinus (d: June 8, 218) (Biography of Macrinus)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/08-june/deaths.html