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What happened in history on this day: June 8?
On June 8 in ...
- 1969 - The CBS TV network airs the last The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour TV show in the USA.
- 1979 - ABC TV airs the final episode of TV show Welcome Back, Kotter.
- 1984 - Columbia releases the film Ghostbusters to theaters.
- 1984 - Warner Bros. releases the film Gremlins to theaters.
Births on June 8
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Preston in Newton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1939 - Birth of Bernie Casey in Wyco, West Virginia, USA; actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop).
- 1944 - Birth of Don Grady; actor (Robbie Douglas - My Three Sons, Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1950 - Birth of Kathy Whitton Baker in Midland, Texas, USA; actress (Right Stuff, Sixteen Candles).
- 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).
Deaths on June 8
- 1969 - Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies at age 57.
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