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 June - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 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  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  Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio on June - 08.   

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

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1955  On June - 08 dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax   

1956  On June - 08 lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt   

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 June - 08.   

1960  First date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" on June - 08.   

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

1961  On this day in history 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 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  On June - 08 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  On June - 08 the birth of Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on this day in history.   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

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

1671  On this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On June - 08 birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on June - 08.   

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

1042  On June - 08 death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

1115  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

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

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