Notable Historical Events on June 8th
June 8th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
65 |
Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem |
68 |
Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba |
218 |
Elagabalus becomes the emperor of Rome |
452 |
Italy invaded by Attila the Hun |
536 |
St Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
793 |
Vikings plunder St Cuthbert's monestary on Lindisfarne |
979 |
Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France |
1191 |
Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade. |
1405 |
Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders. |
1551 |
Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma |
1624 |
Earthquake strikes Peru |
1632 |
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard |
1663 |
Battle at Amegical: English & Portugese fleet beats Spanish |
1690 |
Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai. |
1694 |
English troop landing at Brest attack (300 killed) |
1761 |
British fleet occupies Belle Île off the Brittany Coast |
1779 |
Admiral Nelson and Captain Thomas Hardy and sail against Spanish fleet on HMS Foudroyant |
1783 |
Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption |
1786 |
Commercially made icecream 1st advertised (Mr Hall, NYC) |
1789 |
James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
1809 |
William Hyde Wollaston invents the first reflective goniometer |
1815 |
39 German states unite under Act of Confederation |
1824 |
Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec |
1829 |
1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London opens in Liverpool |
1834 |
HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn |
1846 |
Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu |
1856 |
Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island |
1861 |
US Sanitary Commission is given executive approval |
1861 |
American Civil War: Tennessee votes to secede from the Union. |
1862 |
Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia |
1865 |
Tristanderl und Zusholde, premieres |
1869 |
Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner |
1872 |
Congress endorses penny post card |
1878 |
12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43.5 |
1882 |
16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43 |
1886 |
First Home Rule Bill for Ireland defeated by 343 votes to 313 in the British House of Common |
1887 |
Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator. |
1889 |
Cable Cars begin service in LA |
1889 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery" (BG) |
1892 |
Homer A Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy v Ferguson) |
1896 |
1st car is stolen |
1900 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons" (BG) |
1905 |
US President Roosevelt sends identical notes to Japan and Russia urging them to negotiate an to to war and offering his personal services |
1911 |
Belgium government of Schollaert falls |
1912 |
Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures. |
1914 |
34.7°F (1.5°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands |
1915 |
92°F (33.3°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands |
1917 |
Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School |
1918 |
Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered |
1920 |
Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game |
1921 |
Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, & held in jail until 4 PM |
1927 |
Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11 |
1928 |
1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) |
1929 |
61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8 |
1929 |
Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curacao kidnap governor Fruytier |
1931 |
Duke of Kent wed Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark |
1931 |
Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo |
1933 |
A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive HRs |
1935 |
39th US Golf Open: Sam Parks Jr shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA |
1935 |
67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6 |
1935 |
Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds & leaves the game |
1936 |
1st parking meters are invented |
1937 |
World's largest flower blooms in NY Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily |
1938 |
Gert Terblanche, a local school boy, discovers fossils of an unknown 'robust-type' human ancestor, later named Paranthropus robustus by Robert Broom, at Kromdraai, Blaauwbank River Valley in South Africa |
1940 |
72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6 |
1940 |
Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced |
1940 |
Last British troops leave Narvik Norway |
1941 |
British & French troops overthrow pro-German Syria |
1942 |
Bing Cosby records "Silent Night" |
1944 |
1st SS-Panzer Korps counter attacks at Normandy |
1944 |
Allies occupy Port-en-Bessin Normandy |
1944 |
Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested |
1944 |
General Montgomery lands in Normandy, sets up HQ in Chateau de Creully |
1946 |
"Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances |
1946 |
Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia |
1948 |
"Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV |
1948 |
"Sally" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances |
1948 |
John Rudder becomes 1st negro commissioned officer in US marines |
1949 |
Siam changes name to Thailand |
1950 |
Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) |
1950 |
Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier |
1950 |
Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England |
1950 |
Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history. |
1952 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open |
1953 |
Cluster of 6 tornadoes touches down in Flint Michigan killing 113 |
1953 |
Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court |
1955 |
Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax |
1956 |
Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government |
1956 |
WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1958 |
4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright |
1959 |
1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla) |
1959 |
X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m |
1960 |
1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" |
1960 |
Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann |
1961 |
Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v England at Edgbaston, 57 |
1961 |
Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas) |
1962 |
Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) |
1963 |
"Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances |
1963 |
95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2 |
1963 |
American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes |
1965 |
A's draft Rick Monday #1 |
1965 |
US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam |
1965 |
USSR launches Luna 6; it missed the Moon by 99,000 miles |
1966 |
NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970 |
1966 |
Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. |
1967 |
Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen |
1968 |
Bermuda adopts its constitution |
1968 |
Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning |
1968 |
Gary Puckett & Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" |
1968 |
James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured |
1968 |
New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted |
1968 |
Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
1968 |
The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. |
1969 |
"Smothers Brothers comedy Hour" last airs on CBS-TV |
1969 |
21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams & Susan St James win |
1969 |
Brian Jones leaves The Rolling Stones |
1969 |
General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar |
1969 |
KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting |
1969 |
Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) |
1969 |
Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August |
1969 |
Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones |
1969 |
Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open |
1970 |
Players & management end labor dispute up min salary to $12,000 |
1971 |
North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam |
1971 |
White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign |
1971 |
General Officer Commanding the British Army Harry Tuzo, then claims that a permanent military solution to the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland could not be achieved |
1972 |
Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2 |
1972 |
Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) |
1973 |
Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain |
1974 |
106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2 |
1974 |
Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes" |
1974 |
US & Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract |
1975 |
2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 |
1975 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic |
1975 |
USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing |
1976 |
Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1 |
1976 |
Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks |
1977 |
Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game |
1978 |
51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification |
1978 |
Braves draft Bob Horner #1 |
1978 |
Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery |
1979 |
"The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line |
1979 |
Mariners draft Al Chambers #1 |
1979 |
Wings release "Back to the Egg" album |
1980 |
"It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 8 perfs |
1980 |
26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little |
1980 |
34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God & Evita win |
1980 |
50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63) |
1981 |
15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters |
1981 |
Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1 |
1982 |
36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2 |
1982 |
Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die |
1982 |
Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time |
1982 |
US President Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament |
1983 |
"Trading Places", "Ghostbusters" & "Gremlins" premiere |
1983 |
Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal |
1983 |
Marlies Gohr runs female European record 100m (10.81) |
1984 |
Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia. |
1985 |
117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27 |
1986 |
"Big Deal" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 70 performances |
1986 |
40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2 |
1986 |
56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (6-3 6-2 6-4) |
1986 |
Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria |
1986 |
Juli Inkster wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
1986 |
Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Balt Orioles beat Yankees 18-9 |
1986 |
Iraqi jets attack Assadabad satellite station |
1987 |
21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis |
1987 |
Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing |
1987 |
New Zealand's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels in NZ. Only nation to legislate against nuclear power |
1988 |
Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20% |
1989 |
Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Phila if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season |
1990 |
"It's Garry Shandling's Show" last airs on Fox-TV |
1990 |
Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history |
1991 |
"Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 48 perfs |
1991 |
123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28 |
1991 |
61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64) |
1991 |
College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 |
1991 |
Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds |
1991 |
Victory parade held in Wash DC (Persian Gulf War) |
1991 |
Warren Schutte, is 1st non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title |
1992 |
26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks |
1992 |
NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time |
1992 |
Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria |
1993 |
Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns |
1994 |
7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia |
1994 |
Mass murderer Joe Rifkind sentenced to 27 years |
1995 |
"Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 40 perfs |
1995 |
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. |
1996 |
128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96 |
1996 |
66th French Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (6-3, 6-7, 10-8) |
1996 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1996 |
Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire |
1996 |
Lloyd & Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs v Essex |
1996 |
PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper |
1996 |
Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
1996 |
Revival of the legendary procession of Lady Godiva (Godgifu) naked through Coventry, England |
1997 |
"Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 85 perfs |
1997 |
67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (6-3 6-4 6-2) |
1997 |
BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland |
1997 |
Justin Leonard wins golf's Kemper Open at TPC at Avenel |
1997 |
Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic |
2001 |
Ray Bourque plays the final game in his NHL career |
2002 |
134th Belmont: Edgar Prado aboard Sarava wins in 2:29.71 |
2003 |
57th Tony Awards: Hairspray & Take Me Out win |
2003 |
49th LPGA Championship won by Annika Sörenstam |
2004 |
Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs |
2007 |
Newcastle, 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 trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. |
2007 |
Jazz legend Oscar Peterson is forced to cancel his appearance at the Carnegie Hall all-star performance (held in his honour), owing to illness |
2008 |
The Akihabara massacre took place on the Sunday-pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street. A man killed seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger. |
2008 |
54th LPGA Championship won by Yani Tseng |
2011 |
45th CMT Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton wins |
2012 |
A bus bombing in Pakistan kills 18 and injures 35 people |
2013 |
Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova to win the French Open in tennis |
2014 |
Peng Shuai of China and Hsieh Su-wei win the women's tennis doubles at the French Open |
2014 |
Rafael Nadal wins his ninth French Open title |
2016 |
Hillary Clinton Claims the Democratic Nomination |
2016 |
Bezos says Amazon to up India investment to $5 billion |
2016 |
Chinese police require DNA for passports in Xinjiang |
2017 |
Perfect shot: Durant's late 3 gives Warriors 3-0 Finals lead |
2017 |
North Korea fires suspected cruise missiles after US drills |
2018 |
Capitals beat Golden Knights to win their first Stanley Cup |
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