Also on June 8
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Corpus Christi (CO) · Corpus Christi (observado) (CO) · King's Birthday (AU)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 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... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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
🏀 Sports on this Date
- MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Chicago Cubs — 00:30 Scheduled
- MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Baltimore Orioles — 22:35 Scheduled
- MLB: Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays — 22:40 Scheduled
- MLB: New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians — 22:40 Scheduled
- WNBA: New York Liberty @ Connecticut Sun — 23:00 Scheduled
- WNBA: Indiana Fever @ Washington Mystics — 23:00 Scheduled