June 8
| << | June | >> | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | ||||||
| 2024 | ||||||
| June 8 in recent years |
| 2024 (Saturday) |
| 2023 (Thursday) |
| 2022 (Wednesday) |
| 2021 (Tuesday) |
| 2020 (Monday) |
| 2019 (Saturday) |
| 2018 (Friday) |
| 2017 (Thursday) |
| 2016 (Wednesday) |
| 2015 (Monday) |
June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 206 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.[1]
- 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome.[2]
- 793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.[3]
- 1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England – the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king.[4]
- 1191 – Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning the Third Crusade.
1601–1900
- 1663 – Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.[5]
- 1772 – Alexander Fordyce flees to France to avoid debt repayment, triggering the credit crisis of 1772 in the British Empire and the Dutch Republic.[6]
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
- 1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
- 1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
- 1794 – Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
- 1856 – A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
- 1862 – American 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 Peninsula campaign.
- 1867 – Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
- 1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
1901–present
- 1906 – Theodore 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.
- 1912 – Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
- 1918 – A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
- 1928 – Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace").[7]
- 1929 – Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.[8]
- 1940 – World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
- 1941 – World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
- 1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
- 1949 – Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
- 1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
- 1953 – An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
- 1953 – The 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.
- 1959 – USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
- 1961 – Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster.[9]
- 1966 – An 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 both killed.
- 1966 – Topeka, Kansas, 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 destroyed.[10]
- 1966 – The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.
- 1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
- 1968 – James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport.[11]
- 1972 – Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
- 1982 – Bluff 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.
- 1982 – VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people.[12]
- 1984 – Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.
- 1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
- 1992 – The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1992 – GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.[13]
- 1995 – Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
- 2001 – Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
- 2004 – The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
- 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 a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
- 2008 – At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
- 2008 – At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
- 2009 – Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
- 2014 – At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.
- 2023 – Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.[14]
Births
Pre-1600
- 862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)[15][16]
- 1508 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
- 1593 – George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania (d. 1648)
1601–1900
- 1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)
- 1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
- 1717 – John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)
- 1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
- 1745 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
- 1757 – Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824)
- 1776 – Thomas Rickman, English architect and architectural antiquary (d. 1841)[17]
- 1788 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)
- 1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)[18]
- 1829 – John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)[19]
- 1831 – Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)
- 1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
- 1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (d. 1940)
- 1852 – Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)
- 1854 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
- 1855 – George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)
- 1858 – Charlotte Scott, English mathematician (d. 1931)[20]
- 1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947)
- 1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)[21]
- 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)
- 1868 – Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (d. 1942)
- 1872 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)
- 1875 – Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)
- 1876 – Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)
- 1878 – Evan Roberts, Welsh Revivalist minister (d. 1951)[22]
- 1885 – Karl Genzken, German physician (d. 1957)
- 1891 – William Funnell, Australian public servant (d. 1962)
- 1893 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (d. 1968)
- 1893 – Gaby Morlay, French actress (d. 1964)
- 1894 – Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)
- 1895 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
- 1897 – John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)
- 1899 – Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator (d. 1970)
- 1899 – Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (d. 1945)[23]
- 1900 – Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (d. 1945) [24]
1901–present
- 1903 – Ralph Yarborough, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
- 1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)[25]
- 1910 – John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (d. 1971)[26]
- 1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1912 – Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004)
- 1912 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
- 1912 – Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)[27]
- 1915 – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)
- 1916 – Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)[28]
- 1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1916 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
- 1917 – Byron White, American football player, lawyer and judge (d. 2002)[29]
- 1918 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
- 1918 – Robert Preston, American actor and singer (d. 1987)
- 1918 – John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic (d. 2016)
- 1919 – John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)
- 1921 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
- 1921 – Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American painter (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993)
- 1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
- 1924 – Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
- 1924 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)[30]
- 1925 – Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (d. 2018)
- 1927 – Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer (d. 2020)
- 1929 – Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 – Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
- 1931 – Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011)
- 1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2021)[31]
- 1932 – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (d. 2017)
- 1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
- 1934 – Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
- 1935 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
- 1936 – James Darren, American actor
- 1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
- 1938 – Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
- 1939 – Herb Adderley, American football player (d. 2020)[32]
- 1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
- 1941 – Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (d. 1981)
- 1941 – George Pell, Australian cardinal (d. 2023)
- 1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
- 1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player (d. 2021)[33]
- 1943 – Colin Baker, English actor
- 1943 – William Calley, American military officer[34]
- 1943 – Willie Davenport, American hurdler (d. 2002)[35]
- 1943 – Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
- 1943 – Pierre-André Fournier, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 2015)
- 1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[36]
- 1945 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)
- 1945 – Derek Underwood, English cricketer[37]
- 1946 – Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1947 – Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
- 1947 – Sara Paretsky, American author[38]
- 1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate[39]
- 1949 – Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
- 1949 – Hildegard Falck, German runner[40]
- 1950 – Kathy Baker, American actress
- 1950 – Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
- 1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter
- 1953 – Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator
- 1953 – Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
- 1953 – Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1954 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
- 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web[41]
- 1955 – José Antonio Camacho, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1955 – Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer
- 1956 – Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic
- 1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
- 1957 – Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician
- 1957 – Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor
- 1958 – Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
- 1959 – Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher[42]
- 1960 – Neil Baker, Australian rugby league player[43]
- 1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter[44]
- 1960 – Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1961 – Mary Bonauto, American lawyer and gay rights activist[45]
- 1963 – Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author
- 1964 – Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach[46]
- 1965 – Kevin Farley, American screenwriter[47]
- 1967 – Russell E. Morris, Welsh chemist and academic[48]
- 1967 – Julianna Margulies, American actress[49]
- 1968 – Sharon Shannon, Irish traditional musician
- 1969 – David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player[50]
- 1970 – Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player[51]
- 1975 – Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportcaster[52]
- 1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player[53]
- 1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer[54]
- 1978 – Maria Menounos, American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress[55]
- 1981 – Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author (d. 2019)[56]
- 1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player[57]
- 1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.[58]
- 1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer[59]
- 1986 – Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor[60]
- 1989 – Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player[61]
- 1994 – Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler[62]
- 1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player[63]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 632 – Muhammad, the central figure of Islam. (b. 570/571)[64]
- 696 – Chlodulf, bishop of Metz (or 697)
- 951 – Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (b. 885)
- 1042 – Harthacnut, English-Danish king (b. 1018)[4]
- 1154 – William of York, English archbishop and saint
- 1290 – Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (b. 1266)[65]
- 1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)[66]
- 1383 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1338)
- 1384 – Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1333)
- 1405 – Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (b. c.1350)[67]
- 1405 – Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1385)[67]
- 1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)
- 1492 – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (b. 1437)
- 1501 – George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1440)
- 1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
- 1600 – Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (b. 1565)
1601–1900
- 1611 – Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)[68]
- 1612 – Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)
- 1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
- 1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
- 1651 – Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1604)
- 1714 – Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
- 1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
- 1727 – August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
- 1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
- 1771 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
- 1795 – Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
- 1809 – Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
- 1831 – Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)
- 1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
- 1845 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
- 1846 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
- 1857 – Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
- 1874 – Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
- 1876 – George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
- 1885 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
- 1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
- 1899 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
1901–present
- 1913 – Emily Davison, English suffragette (b. 1872)[69]
- 1924 – British Mount Everest expedition:[70]
- Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
- George Mallory, English mountaineer (b. 1886)
- 1945 – Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
- 1951 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
- 1951 – Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)[71]
- 1956 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
- 1959 – Leslie Johnson, English racing driver (b. 1912)
- 1965 – Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
- 1966 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
- 1968 – Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian racing driver (b. 1933)
- 1969 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
- 1969 – Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)[72]
- 1970 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
- 1971 – J. I. Rodale, American author and playwright (b. 1898)
- 1976 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
- 1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906)[73]
- 1984 – Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)[74]
- 1987 – Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
- 1997 – George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
- 1997 – Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
- 1998 – Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
- 1998 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
- 2000 – Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (b. 1921)[75]
- 2001 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)
- 2004 – Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
- 2004 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
- 2006 – Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
- 2006 – Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)[76]
- 2012 – Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)[77]
- 2013 – Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
- 2013 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)
- 2014 – Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
- 2014 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
- 2015 – Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)[78]
- 2017 – Sam Panopoulos, Greek cook (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (b. 1956)[79]
- 2019 – Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (b. 1971)[80]
- 2022 – Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (b. 1935)[81]
- 2023 – Pat Robertson, American televangelist (b. 1930)[82]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
- Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- Engineer's Day (Peru)
- Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia)
- World Brain Tumor Day
- World Oceans Day[83]
References
- ^ David Braund (1996). The Roman Army in the East. Journal of Roman Archaeology. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-1-887829-18-2.
- ^ Thompson, Edwarde Arthur (4 May 1999). The Huns. People of Europe Series. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-631-21443-4.
- ^ Deirdre O'Sullivan; Robert Young (1995). Book of Lindisfarne: Holy Island. B.T. Batsford. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7134-7307-0.
- ^ a b Christopher Robert Cheney (1945). Handbook of Dates for Students of English History. Offices of the Royal Historical Society. p. 18.
- ^ Rui Natário, As Grandes Batalhas da História de Portugal, Marcador Editora, Barcarena, 2013 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "5 of the World's Most Devastating Financial Crises | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ "Beijing". The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.). 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
- ^ Marquand, David (1977). Ramsay MacDonald. London: Jonathan Cape. p. 492. ISBN 0-224-01295-9.
- ^ "Wedding at York of Prince Edward (1961)". British Pathé. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "June 8th 1966 Topeka Tornado". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "When Martin Luther King Jr's assassin fled to London". BBC News. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-212 PP-SRK Sierra de Pacatuba, CE". www.aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
- ^ "Controlled Collision with Terrain; GP Express Airlines Flight 861; Beechcraft C99 N118GP; Anniston, Alabama; June 8, 1992" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1993-03-02. NTSB/AAR-93/03. - Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
- ^ "Trump indictment highlights: Former president faces seven charges in classified docs probe". NBC News. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ^ Old Book of Tang, vol. 19, part 2.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rickman, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 315.
- ^ The Musical World. J. Alfredo Novello. 1864. p. 499.
- ^ Richard Muther (1907). The History of Modern Painting. J.M. Dent. p. 429.
- ^ Clark Kenschaft, Patricia (1987). "Charlotte Angas Scott". In Grinstein, Louise S.; Campbell, Paul J. (eds.). Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-3132-4849-8.
- ^ Coxeter Kenschaft, H.S.M. (1987). "Alicia Boole Stott". In Grinstein, Louise S.; Campbell, Paul J. (eds.). Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-3132-4849-8.
- ^ Roberts, Gomer Morgan (2021). "ROBERTS, EVAN JOHN (1878 - 1951), 'Y Diwygiwr' (the Revivalist) revivalist preacher". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
- ^ "The Nazi doctor who experimented on gay people – and Britain helped to escape justice". TheGuardian.com. 5 May 2015.
- ^ "In Honor of Lena Baker (Posthumously)". Congressman Sanford Bishop. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
- ^ Savigneau, Josyane; Howard, Joan E. (1993). Marguerite Yourcenar : Inventing a Life. Chicago London: The University of Chicago Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-22673-544-3.
- ^ Ash, Brian (1976). Who's Who in Science Fiction. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 63. ISBN 0-241-89383-6.
- ^ Glueck, Grace (29 September 1987). "Harry Holtzman, Artist, Dies; An Expert on Piet Mondrian". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Bretscher, Mark S.; Mitchison, Graeme (2017). "Francis Harry Compton Crick OM. 8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 159–196. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0010. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ^ Greenhouse, Linda (April 15, 2002). "Byron R. White, Supreme Court Justice for 31 Years, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (May 19, 2013). "Kenneth Waltz, Foreign-Relations Expert, Dies at 88". The New York Times. p. A22.
- ^ Mason, Peter (26 December 2021). "Raymond Illingworth obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Herb Adderley". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Rawling, John (17 February 2021). "Doug Mountjoy obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations (1969). Briefing on Vietnam: Hearings ... 91-1, Nov. 18-19, 1969. p. 139.
- ^ "Willie Davenport". IOC. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Chase's Annual Events. Contemporary Books. 1994. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-8092-3732-6.
- ^ Peter Arnold; Peter Wynne-Thomas (1988). The Illustrated History of the Test Match. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-283-99618-4.
- ^ Bella Vivante (2002). Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-313-31627-2.
- ^ George Thomas Kurian (2002). The Nobel Scientists: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Prometheus Books. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-57392-927-1.
- ^ "Hildegard Falck". IOC. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ "Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Lloyd Ridgeon (18 October 2013). Iranian Intellectuals: 1997–2007. Routledge. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-317-96935-8.
- ^ "Neil Baker". Rugby League Project. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Biography: Mick Hucknall". Lifetime. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "Bonauto, Mary" (PDF). 2015.
- ^ "Harry Butch. Reynolds". IOC. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ^ Farley, Tom; Tanner Colby (2008). The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts. Viking Adult. pp. 11–13. ISBN 978-0670019236.
- ^ "MORRIS, Prof. Russell Edward". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Reif, Carol (8 June 2016). "Happy Birthday To Spring Valley's Julianna Margulies". The Daily Voice. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ RLP
- ^ "Mark Ricciuto". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ June 8 at the Women's Tennis Association
- ^ Mickey Hess (2007). Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-313-33904-2.
- ^ "Maria Menounos: Biography". TVGuide.com. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
- ^ Dias, Elizabeth; Roberts, Sam (4 May 2019). "Rachel Held Evans, Voice of the Wandering Evangelical, Dies at 37 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
- ^ Nadia Petrova at the Women's Tennis Association
- ^ "Kim Clijsters". London: ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ June 8 – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Stonehill Men's Cross Country". Stonehill. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "Timea Bacsinszky". WTA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Liv Morgan". ESPN. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Jelena Ostapenko". WTA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ The Last Prophet Archived 23 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, p. 3. Lewis Lord of U.S. News & World Report. 7 April 2008.
- ^ Stephen Bemrose (2000). A New Life of Dante. University of Exeter Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-85989-584-2.
- ^ John Hatcher; Professor of Economic and Social History John Hatcher, Dr; Hatcher, Erik (31 October 1970). Rural Economy and Society in the Duchy of Cornwall 1300-1500. CUP Archive. p. 11.
- ^ a b William Grainge (1855). The castles and abbeys of Yorkshire: a historical and descriptive account of the most celebrated ruins in the county. J. Sampson. pp. 39.
- ^ Campbell, Gordon (1 January 2005). "Bertaut, Jean". The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198601753.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-860175-3. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Atkinson, Diane (7 May 2018). "'That malignant Suffragette': remembering Emily Davison". Museum of London. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Gentleman, Amelia (3 May 1999). "Irvine and Mallory: In hobnail boots they took on Everest". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Schulte, Jan Erik (2001). Zwangsarbeit und Vernichtung: Das Wirtschaftsimperium der SS. Oswald Pohl und das SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt 1933–1945 (in German). Paderborn: Schöningh Verlag. p. 45. ISBN 978-3-50678-245-8.
- ^ "Lung cancer claims life of actor Robert Taylor". Edmonton Journal. June 9, 1969. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ "Satchel Paige | Biography, Height, Teams, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31281. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Obituary: Frédéric Dard". The Guardian. London. 9 June 2000. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Gabon's leader is confirmed dead". BBC News. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "Dean of Journalists and Veteran Politician Ghassan Tueni Dies". Naharnet. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ "Cambodia: Chea Sim Death Shows Failings of Khmer Rouge Court". Human Rights Watch. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ^ Patten, Dominic (2018-06-11). "Anthony Bourdain's Suicide Mourned By Rose McGowan In New Letter; Didn't Take "Doctor's Advice" In Depression Battle". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "Morre Andre Matos, ex-vocalista e fundador do Angra, aos 47 anos". Entretenimento.uol.com.br. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Dame Paula Rego obituary". The Guardian. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Honoring Pat Robertson, 1930-2023: Witness to a God-Sized, World-Changing Dream". CBN. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ "International Days". www.un.org. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to June 8.
- "On This Day". BBC.
- The New York Times: On This Day
- "Historical Events on June 8". OnThisDay.com.