Historical Events In June - 08

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

1944  1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy on June - 08.   

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

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

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on June - 08.   

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

1948  John Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 08 boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)   

1952  On June - 08 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open   

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

1953  Panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs on June - 08.   

1953  On this day in history segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court   

1953  Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio on this day in history.   

1953  On June - 08 cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on June - 08.   

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  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  On June - 08 x-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m   

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  English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley on June - 08.   

1962  Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

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

0218  On this day in history opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54   

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  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1384  Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on June - 08.   

1476  On this day in history death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman