Page 6: Historical Events In June - 08

1944  FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France on June - 08.   

1944  On this day in history 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

1946  On this day in history "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances   

1947  Lassie makes its broadcast debut on the ABC radio network on June - 08.   

1947  On June - 08 tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

1948  On June - 08 "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV   

1948  On June - 08 john Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines   

1948  "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV on June - 08.   

1948  On this day in history franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand on June - 08.   

1950  On this day in history general Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, World War Two, made a Field Marshal, the only Australian appointment to this rank in Australian military history   

1950  On this day in history boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)   

1952  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open on this day in history.   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 on June - 08.   

1953  Panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs on this day in history.   

1953  Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court on June - 08.   

1953  On June - 08 tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio   

1953  On this day in history cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

1953  On June - 08 godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68   

1954  Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax   

1956  On June - 08 lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt   

1958  4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright on June - 08.   

1959  X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m on June - 08.   

1959  1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla) on June - 08.   

1960  First date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" on this day in history.   

1960  On June - 08 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1961  English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley on this day in history.   

1962  Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) on June - 08.   

1963  "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances on June - 08.   

1965  On June - 08 uS troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam   

1965  USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon on June - 08.   

1967  On June - 08 34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli warplanes mistakenly attack the Navy ship Liberty stationed in the Mediterranean.   

1967  The birth of Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect on June - 08.   

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1318  On June - 08 birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on June - 08.   

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on June - 08.   

1722  On this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on June - 08.   

0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on this day in history.   

0632  On this day in history mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on this day in history.   

1115  On this day in history peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64   

1376  On June - 08 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46   

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1384  On June - 08 death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

1476  On June - 08 death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman