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What happened in history on this day: June 8?
On June 8 in ...
- 452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun.
- 536 - Saint Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 570 - Relgion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca.
- 632 - Mohammed prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition).
- 793 - Vikings attack Lindisfarne island off coast of Northumberland, England, killing, destroying, looting.
- 1625 - Birth of Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered four satellites of Saturn.
- 1682 - British East India treasure ship Joanna sinks off coast of South Africa.
- 1783 - Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 18-month eruption, pumping more ash into the atmosphere than any previous volcano in recorded history, 15 cubic kilometres.
- 1786 - First commercially-made ice cream sold (New York).
- 1809 - Death of Thomas Paine at age 72; writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense).
- 1810 - Birth of Robert Schumann in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany; composer (Fantastiestücke).
- 1813 - Birth of David D Porter; US Admiral (Civil War).
- 1814 - Birth of Charles Reade in England; novelist (The Cloister and the Hearth).
- 1815 - 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation.
- 1824 - Washing machine is patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec.
- 1829 - Birth of John Everett Millais in England; painter (Order of Release).
- 1845 - Death of Andrew Jackson in Nashville, Tennesee, USA.
- 1861 - People of Tennessee vote to succeed from USA.
- 1862 - Valley Campaign - Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia.
- 1869 - Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents first vacuum cleaner (it sucks).
- 1875 - A Borrelly discovers asteroid #146 Lucina.
- 1887 - In Almaty (Vernyy), Kazakhstan (Turkestan, Russia), a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. Almaty destroyed; many fissures, landslides and mudslides observed.
- 1887 - A Borrelly discovers asteroid #268 Adorea.
- 1903 - Birth of Marguerite Yourcenard; author (Memoirs of Hadrien).
- 1906 - US Congress passes the Antiquities Act, to preserve historic sites against unauthorized excavation or destruction.
- 1911 - Birth of Van Lingle in Mungo, South Carolina, USA; pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants).
- 1914 - Birth of Joseph de Pietro; US 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1916 - Birth of Francis Crick; codiscovered DNA's structure (Nobel Prize 1962).
- 1917 - Birth of Byron Raymond White AKA Whizzer in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; NFL player/Supreme Court Justice.
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Preston in Newton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter).
- 1918 - Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, is discovered.
- 1921 - Birth of Alexis Smith in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Jessica - Dallas, Follies).
- 1922 - Birth of Myron Healy in Petalumus, California, USA; actor (Wyatt Earp).
- 1922 - King Alexander of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes marries Princess Maria of Romania, great grand-daughter of Queen Victoria.
- 1923 - S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #995 Sternberga.
- 1924 - Birth of George Kirby in Chicago, Illinois, USA; comedian (ABC Comedy Hour).
- 1924 - Birth of Sheldon Allman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Norm - Harris Against the World).
- 1925 - Birth of Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York, USA; spouse of US President George H.W. Bush (1989-).
- 1925 - Birth of Eddie Gaedel; 3 foot 7 inch Saint Louis Browns pinch-hitter (he walked).
- 1927 - Tony Lazzeri hits three home runs as New York Yankees beat Chicago White Sox 12-11.
- 1928 - First US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford).
- 1929 - Birth of Jerry Stiller in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Stiller and Meara, Hairspray).
- 1930 - Birth of Bo Gunnar Widerberg in Malmö, Sweden; director (Elvira Madigan).
- 1930 - Birth of Dana Wynter in London, England; actress (Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers).
- 1933 - Birth of Joan Rivers in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (The Late Show, Hollywood Squares).
- 1934 - Birth of Millicent Martin in Romford, England; actress (Alfie, Nothing but the Best).
- 1936 - Birth of James Darren in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs).
- 1937 - Birth of Bruce McCandless II in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 41B, STS-31).
- 1937 - World's largest flower blooms in New York Botonical Garden, 12-inch calla lily.
- 1939 - Birth of Bernie Casey in Wyco, West Virginia, USA; actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop).
- 1939 - Birth of Herb Adderley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; NFL hall of famer (Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys).
- 1940 - Birth of Nancy Sinatra in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; singer ("These Boots Were Made For Walkin'").
- 1940 - Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced.
- 1940 - The last British and French forces leave Norway.
- 1942 - Birth of Chuck Negron; singer (Three Dog Night - "Joy to the World").
- 1943 - Birth of Willie Davenport; American 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968).
- 1944 - Birth of Don Grady; actor (Robbie Douglas - My Three Sons, Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1944 - Birth of William Royce "Boz" Scaggs in Dallas, Texas, USA; rocker (Steve Miller Band).
- 1948 - The Milton Berle Show premieres on NBC TV.
- 1949 - Birth of Emanuel Ax in Lvov, Poland; pianist (Artur Rubinstein Composition -1974).
- 1950 - Birth of Elmar Oliveira in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA; violinist (Naumburg 1978).
- 1950 - Birth of Kathy Whitton Baker in Midland, Texas, USA; actress (Right Stuff, Sixteen Candles).
- 1950 - Boston Red Sox beats Saint Louis Browns 29-4.
- 1953 - Cluster of six tornadoes touch down in Flint, Michigan, USA killing 113.
- 1955 - Birth of Griffin Dunne; actor (An American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl).
- 1958 - Birth of Keenen Ivory Wayans; comedian (In Living Color).
- 1959 - First official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Florida, USA).
- 1959 - X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500m.
- 1960 - Birth of Mike Hucknail; rocker (Simply Red - "Every Time We Say Goodbye").
- 1962 - Birth of Nick Rhodes; rocker (Duran, Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf").
- 1965 - Birth of Robert Platus in New York City, New York, USA; rocker (Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know This").
- 1965 - US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam.
- 1965 - USSR launches Luna 6; misses Moon.
- 1966 - Birth of Doris Pearson; rocker (5 Star - "Silk and Steel").
- 1966 - NFL and AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970.
- 1967 - Birth of Neil Mitchell; rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet - "Wishing I Was").
- 1967 - Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen.
- 1968 - Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning.
- 1968 - James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Junior.
- 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1968 - New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted.
- 1969 - In Santa Monica, California, and New York, New York, the 21st Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Bill Cosby (Los Angeles) and Merv Griffin (New York).
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Carl Betz for Judd for the Defense
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Paul Scofield for Male of the Species
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Don Adams for Get Smart
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Barbara Bain for Mission: Impossible
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Geraldine Page for The Thanksgiving Visitor
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Hope Lange for The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series: Werner Klemperer for Hogan's Heroes
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Anna Calder-Marshall for Male of the Species
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series: Susan Saint James for The Name of the Game
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: David Greene for episode "The People Next Door" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music: Allan Blye, Bob Einstein, Murray Roman, Carl Gottlieb, Lorenzo Music, Steve Martin, Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne, Cy Howard, and Mason Williams for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: J.P. Miller for episode "The People Next Door" of CBS Playhouse
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Series: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition: John Williams for Heidi
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music: Mort Lindsey for A Happening in Central Park
- Outstanding Variety or Musical Program: The Bill Cosby Special
- Outstanding Achievement in News Documentary Programming - Programs: Law and Order
- Special Classification Achievements - Programs: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Special Classification Achievements - Individuals (Variety Performances): Harvey Korman for The Carol Burnett Show and Arte Johnson for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: Teacher, Teacher
- Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs: The Dick Cavett Show
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Get Smart.
- 1969 - Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies at age 57.
- 1972 - Birth of P(eter) J(ason) Farley in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; bass (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good").
- 1972 - Birth of Toby Gard in Essex, Great Britain; creator of video game character Lara Croft, designer of Tomb Raider video game.
- 1972 - N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230.
- 1975 - Two passenger trains collide near Munich, Germany, killing 35 people.
- 1975 - USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing.
- 1979 - Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at age 79.
- 1979 - The Source, first computer public information service, goes online.
- 1979 - ABC TV airs the final episode of TV show Welcome Back, Kotter.
- 1982 - VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into forest Fortaleza, killing 137.
- 1982 - President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
- 1982 - Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA championship.
- 1982 - Falklands War: British landing ship logistic RFA Sir Galahad is destroyed, killing 48.
- 1983 - Charlos Vieira begins 191-hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal.
- 1984 - Birth of Andrea Casiraghi, Prince of Monaco.
- 1984 - Columbia releases the film Ghostbusters to theaters.
- 1984 - Warner Bros. releases the film Gremlins to theaters.
- 1984 - A deadly F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing 9 people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over US$25 million in damage.
- 1985 - Pittsburgh Pirates score 10 in top of first inning, but lose 15-11 to Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1986 - Boston Celtics win NBA championship number 16 over Houston Rockets.
- 1986 - Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
- 1986 - Longest nine-inning American League game (4:16), Baltimore Orioles beat New York Yankees 18-9.
- 1989 - A group aboard the Star Hercules ship finds the final resting place of the German battleship Bismarck, 15,617 feet down in the North Atlantic ocean, 600 miles west of Brest, France.
- 1989 - Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
- 1990 - The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy.
- 1990 - Phil Bradley hits the 18th inside-the-park home run in Baltimore Orioles' history.
- 1991 - Former New York Jets' Mark Gastineau wins first pro boxing fight in 12 seconds.
- 1991 - Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 6-3, 6-4 for French Open.
- 1992 - The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1993 - In Paris, Christian Didier breaks into the home of Rene Bousquet, banker and former Vichy France administrator, and shoots him dead.
- 1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- 1996 - Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open to win her 19th Grand Slam title.
- 1997 - A United States Coast Guard helicopter crashes near Humboldt Bay, California. All four crewmembers perish.
- 1998 - Actor Charlton Heston becomes president of the National Rifle Association.
- 1998 - President Sani Abacha of Nigeria dies of apparent heart failure.
- 1999 - 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.
- 2001 - Mamoru Takuma murders eight first and second grade students and wounds 15 others in Osaka, Japan.
- 2001 - In Germany, Roman Herzog is awarded the "Staatsbürgerpreis".
- 2002 - Birth of Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg.
- 2002 - Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.
- 2004 - The first transit of Venus since 1882 occurs; the next one will occur in 2012.
- 2004 - The 30th G8 summit takes place over the next two days on Sea Island, in Georgia, USA.
- 2004 - The pickled heart of Louis XVII of France is buried in the royal crypt at Saint-Denis.
- 2006 - Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist / writer (Abbingawâld), dies in Oenkerk, Netherlands.
- 2007 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis is successfully launched on mission STS-117.
- 2007 - Death of Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, first President of Somalia (born 1908).
- 2008 - Spain's Rafael Nadal wins his fourth consecutive French Open tennis championship in Paris by beating rival Roger Federer in straight sets 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.
- 2008 - Southern Greece is struck by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake, killing two, injuring 20, and collapsing some buildings.
- 2008 - In the Akihabara area of Tokyo, Japan, a 25-year-old man stabs seven to death and wounds ten, before being arrested.
- 2009 - Death of Africa's longest serving leader (42 years), Gabonese President Omar Bongo, at age 73 of a heart attack.
- 2017 - A general election is held in the UK, three years before the next one was due, resulting in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, losing their majority in Parliament. The Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, makes gains for the first time since 1997.
- 2018 - (to June 9) The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. United States' President Donald Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs.
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 7 million worldwide.
- 2020 - Death of Pierre Nkurunziza, 8th President of Burundi (born 1964).
- 2022 - Death of Bruce Kent at age 92; peace activist (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament).
- 2023 - Death of Pat Robertson at age 93 at home in Virginia, USA; American Baptist minister, televangelist.
- 2023 - Death of Rale Rasic at age 87; Australian football player, coach (Socceroos).
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