Public Holidays on June 8

• 🌍 Corpus Christi (Colombia)
• 🌍 Corpus Christi (observado) (Colombia)
• 🌍 King's Birthday (Australia)

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On This Day in History — June 8

• 2014 — At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.
• 2009 — Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour.
• 2008 — At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
• 2008 — At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
• 2007 — Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
• 2004 — The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

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Notable Births on June 8

• 2004 — Francesca Capaldi, American actress
• 1997 — Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
• 1996 — Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer
• 1992 — Sebá, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 — Todd Barclay, New Zealand politician
• 1990 — Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer

Notable Deaths on June 8

• 2015 — Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
• 2014 — Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
• 2013 — Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
• 2013 — Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
• 2013 — Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)

Sports on June 8

• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Baltimore Orioles — 22:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians — 22:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: New York Liberty @ Connecticut Sun — 23:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Indiana Fever @ Washington Mystics — 23:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on June 9

• 🌍 Day of La Rioja (Spain)
• 🌍 Day of Murcia (Spain)

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On This Day in History — June 9

• 2010 — At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
• 2009 — An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
• 2008 — Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
• 1999 — Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
• 1979 — The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
• 1978 — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.

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Notable Births on June 9

• 1993 — George Jennings, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 — Yannick Agnel, French swimmer
• 1992 — Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 — Chloë Agnew, Irish singer
• 1989 — Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer

Notable Deaths on June 9

• 2017 — Adam West, American actor and investor (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Pumpkinhead, American rapper (b. 1975)
• 2015 — Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
• 2014 — Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926)
• 2014 — Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
• 2014 — Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (b. 1910)

Sports on June 9

• NBA: TBD @ TBD — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Cincinnati Reds @ San Diego Padres — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Washington Nationals @ San Francisco Giants — 01:45 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Seattle Storm @ Las Vegas Aces — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC Scheduled

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