Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

1967  On June - 08 elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1968  Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" on June - 08.   

1968  On June - 08 james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.   

1968  New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on this day in history.   

1968  Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones   

1969  On June - 08 spain closes its border with Gibraltar   

1969  On this day in history robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

1972  On this day in history n Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230   

1972  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68   

1973  Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 on June - 08.   

1975  2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 on this day in history.   

1975  USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing on June - 08.   

1975  William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 on June - 08.   

1979  The Source, first computer public information service, goes online on June - 08.   

1979  Wings release "Back to the Egg" album on June - 08.   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1982  Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament on June - 08.   

1982  [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on June - 08.   

1986  On this day in history alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria   

1986  On this day in history kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president   

1987  Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on this day in history.   

1988  On June - 08 eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies   

1990  Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years on June - 08.   

1990  On this day in history alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies   

1991  On June - 08 bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies   

1992  Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history rené Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84   

1994  William Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history u.S. Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines, after having to survive alone for several days when his F-16 fighter was shot down.   

1995  Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies on June - 08.   

1996  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

2000  Pultizer Prize Winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe, dies of cancer at age 52 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  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 this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

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

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

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

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

0218  On June - 08 opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54   

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

1042  On this day in history death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

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  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on June - 08.   

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

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on this day in history.