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This day in history: 8 June

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281 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 8 June.
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2023: Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.

Holidays and observances

Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)

Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Christian feast day: Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering)

Christian feast day: Chlodulf of Metz

Christian feast day: Jacques Berthieu, S.J.

Christian feast day: Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Poland

Christian feast day: June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Mariam Thresia Chiramel

Christian feast day: Medard

Christian feast day: Melania the Elder

Christian feast day: Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: Thomas Ken (Church of England)

Events

2023Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.

2008Seven people are killed and 11 more are injured in a massacre in Akihabara.

2007Newcastle, 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 a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.

2007Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.

2004The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

2001Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.

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

1992GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.

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

1987New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.

1984Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.

1983Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 loses one of its propellers in flight resulting in damage to the flight controls. The Lockheed L-188 Electra makes an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport and there are no injuries.

1982Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.

1982VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people.

1972Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured in a photograph moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.

1968James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport.

1967Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded.

1966An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are bot

1966Topeka, Kansas, United States is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or dest

1961Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster.

1959USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.

1953An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, United States, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.

1953The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

1949George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States

1943World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins.

1942World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

1941World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.

1940World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian campaign.

1929Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

1928Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace").

1924British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing.

1906Theodore 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.

1887Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.

1867Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).

1862American Civil War: A Confederate victory by forces under General Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Cross Keys, along with the Battle of Port Republic the next day, prevents Union forces from reinforcing General George B. McClellan in his

1861American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

1856A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.

1794Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.

1789James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.

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

Born on this day

2004Francesca Capaldi, American actress

2000Jan Paul van Hecke, Dutch footballer

1997Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

1995Ferland Mendy, French footballer

1995Jean Butez, French footballer

1994Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler

1989Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player

1986Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor

1985Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver, twice Olympic silver 3m springboard silver medallist

1984Javier Mascherano, Argentine footballer and manager

1983Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.

1982Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player

1981Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author (died 2019)

1981Sara Watkins, American fiddle, ukulele, and guitar player

1979Derek Trucks, American guitarist, former member of the Allman Brothers band

1978Maria Menounos, American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress

1977Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer

1976Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player

1975Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportcaster

1974Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner

1971Bernard Grech, Maltese lawyer and politician

1970Gabby Giffords, American politician and advocate for ending gun violence in the United States

1970Kelli Williams, American actress and director

1970Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player

1969David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player

1967Kathryn Tickell, English traditional folk musician, Northumbrian smallpipe bagpiper

1967Russell E. Morris, Welsh chemist and academic

1966Julianna Margulies, American actress

1965Kevin Farley, American screenwriter

1964Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach

1961Mary Bonauto, American lawyer and gay rights activist

1960Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter

1960Neil Baker, Australian rugby league player

1960Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach

1959Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher

1958Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic

1957Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress

1957Scott Adams, American author and illustrator (died 2026)

1955José Antonio Camacho, Spanish footballer and manager

1955Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web

Died on this day

2024Chet Walker, American basketball player (born 1940)

2024Ramoji Rao, Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (born 1936)

2023Pat Robertson, American televangelist (born 1930)

2022Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)

2019Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (born 1971)

2018Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (born 1956)

2015Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (born 1932)

2014Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (born 1903)

2014Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (born 1948)

2013Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1948)

2013Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (born 1942)

2013Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (born 1930)

2012Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1940)

2012Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (born 1926)

2010Denise Narcisse-Mair, Canadian musician (born 1940)

2009Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935)

2006Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (born 1941)

2006Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (born 1919)

2004Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1930)

2004Mack Jones, American baseball player (born 1938)

2001Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (born 1935)

2000Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (born 1921)

1998Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (born 1903)

1998Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (born 1943)

1997George Turner, Australian author and critic (born 1916)

1997Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (born 1948)

1995Juan Carlos Onganía, Argentine general and politician, 35th President of Argentina (born 1914)

1987Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (born 1907)

1984Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (born 1895)

1982Satchel Paige, American baseball player (born 1906)

Quote of the day

“Nothing is so certain as that the evils of idleness can be shaken off by hard work.”

Seneca

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