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  1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy on this day in history.   

1946  On June - 08 "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances   

1947  Lassie makes its broadcast debut on the ABC radio network on this day in history.   

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

1948  On this day in history "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV   

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

1948  On this day in history "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV   

1948  On June - 08 franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand on June - 08.   

1950  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 on June - 08.   

1950  Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) on June - 08.   

1952  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs   

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 June - 08 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  On this day in history alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

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

1956  Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright   

1959  X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m on this day in history.   

1959  1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla) on this day in history.   

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

1960  On this day in history 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1961  On June - 08 english prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley   

1962  On this day in history jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)   

1963  On this day in history "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances   

1965  US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam on June - 08.   

1965  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1625  On June - 08 birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) was born on this day in history.   

1717  On June - 08 birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  On June - 08 birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

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

1740  On June - 08 birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer   

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

0632  On June - 08 mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on June - 08.   

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

1376  On this day in history "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46   

1383  On June - 08 death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)   

1384  On this day in history death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on June - 08.