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What happened in history on this day: June 8?
On June 8 in ...
- 1786 - First commercially-made ice cream sold (New York).
- 1861 - People of Tennessee vote to succeed from USA.
- 1862 - Valley Campaign - Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia.
- 1864 - At the National Union Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, Abraham Lincoln is nominated for second term as US President, with Andrew Johnson as candidate for vice president.
- 1864 - Congress sets the penalty for counterfeiting US coins at $3000 and/or five years in prison.
- 1869 - Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents first vacuum cleaner (it sucks).
- 1872 - The US Post Office Department is made an executive department of the federal government.
- 1906 - US Congress passes the Antiquities Act, to preserve historic sites against unauthorized excavation or destruction.
- 1915 - William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State.
- 1928 - First US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford).
- 1937 - World's largest flower blooms in New York Botonical Garden, 12-inch calla lily.
- 1953 - Cluster of six tornadoes touch down in Flint, Michigan, USA killing 113.
- 1953 - Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court.
- 1959 - First official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Florida, USA).
- 1959 - X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500m.
- 1965 - US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam.
- 1967 - Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1979 - The Source, first computer public information service, goes online.
- 1982 - President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
- 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.
- 1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- 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.
- 2004 - The 30th G8 summit takes place over the next two days on Sea Island, in Georgia, USA.
- 2007 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis is successfully launched on mission STS-117.
- 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.
Births on June 8
- 1911 - Birth of Van Lingle in Mungo, South Carolina, USA; pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1925 - Birth of Barbara Pierce in Rye, New York, USA; spouse of US President George H.W. Bush (1989-).
- 1929 - Birth of Jerry Stiller in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Stiller and Meara, Hairspray).
- 1933 - Birth of Joan Rivers in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian (The Late Show, Hollywood Squares).
- 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).
- 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'").
- 1944 - Birth of William Royce "Boz" Scaggs in Dallas, Texas, USA; rocker (Steve Miller Band).
- 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).
- 1965 - Birth of Robert Platus in New York City, New York, USA; rocker (Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know This").
- 1972 - Birth of P(eter) J(ason) Farley in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA; bass (Trixter - "Give It To Me Good").
Deaths on June 8
- 1845 - Death of Andrew Jackson in Nashville, Tennesee, USA.
- 2023 - Death of Pat Robertson at age 93 at home in Virginia, USA; American Baptist minister, televangelist.
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