On This Day — June 8

Famous events, births, and deaths from June 8 in history, plus the public holidays, religious observances, sports, and national days happening on this date today.

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45 events · 199 births · 79 deaths recorded for June 8.

🕰️ Notable Events on June 8

2014 — At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan. Wikipedia ↗
2009 — Two American journalists are found guilty of illegally entering North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of penal labour. Wikipedia ↗
2008 — At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in an Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse. Wikipedia ↗
2008 — At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
2004 — The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882. Wikipedia ↗
2001 — Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. Wikipedia ↗
1995 — Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. Wikipedia ↗
1992 — The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wikipedia ↗
1987 — New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales. Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram. Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. Wikipedia ↗
1966 — An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. Wikipedia ↗
1966 — The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970. Wikipedia ↗
1959 — The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. Wikipedia ↗
1953 — An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes. Wikipedia ↗
1953 — The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C. cannot refuse to serve black patrons. Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members. Wikipedia ↗
1949 — George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. Wikipedia ↗
1942 — World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. Wikipedia ↗
1941 — World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant. Wikipedia ↗
1940 — World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign. Wikipedia ↗
1929 — Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia ↗
1928 — Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital"). Wikipedia ↗
1918 — A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy. Wikipedia ↗
1912 — Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures. Wikipedia ↗
1906 — Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value. Wikipedia ↗
1887 — Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator. Wikipedia ↗
1867 — Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich). Wikipedia ↗
1862 — American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan. Wikipedia ↗
1861 — American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union. Wikipedia ↗
1856 — A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island. Wikipedia ↗
1794 — Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France. Wikipedia ↗
1789 — James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress. Wikipedia ↗
1783 — Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine. Wikipedia ↗
1776 — American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières. Wikipedia ↗
1405 — Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders. Wikipedia ↗
1191 — Richard I arrives in Acre, beginning his crusade. Wikipedia ↗
1042 — Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Wikipedia ↗
793 — Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles. Wikipedia ↗
632 — Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina. Wikipedia ↗
218 — Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on June 8

2004 — Francesca Capaldi, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1997 — Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1996 — Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1992 — Sebá, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Todd Barclay, New Zealand politician Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Mitchell Schwartz, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Coralie Balmy, French swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Patrick Kaleta, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Andrej Sekera, Slovak ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Gaines Adams, American football player (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Coby Karl, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model and singer Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Jamie Spencer, Irish jockey Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Alexei Kozlov, Estonian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Pete Orr, Canadian-American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Derek Trucks, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Rob Holliday, American singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1979 — İpek Şenoğlu, Turkish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Eun Ji-won, South Korean rapper, dancer, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Maria Menounos, American television journalist Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Catherine McKinnell, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Emm Gryner, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Bryan McCabe, Canadian-American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
1974 — Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian javelin thrower (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1974 — Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner Wikipedia ↗
1974 — Alma Lepina, Latvian figure skater Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Lexa Doig, Canadian model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Bryant Reeves, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1971 — Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Gabrielle Giffords, American businesswoman and politician Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Kwame Kilpatrick, American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Troy Vincent, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1969 — David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1969 — J. P. Manoux, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Marcos Siega, American director and producer Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Julianna Margulies, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Doris Pearson, English singer-songwriter and choreographer Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Kevin Farley, American screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Rob Pilatus, German model, dancer and singer (Milli Vanilli) (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1963 — Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower Wikipedia ↗
1962 — John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Andreas Keim, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Nick Rhodes, English keyboard player and producer Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1959 — Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Scott Adams, American author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Udo Bullmann, German politician Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web Wikipedia ↗
1955 — Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Greg Ginn, American punk rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Black Flag) Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Billy Hayes, English union leader Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia Wikipedia ↗
1953 — Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Tony Rice, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Kathy Baker, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Hildegard Falck, German runner Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Sara Paretsky, American author Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Derek Underwood, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Colin Baker, English actor Wikipedia ↗
1943 — William Calley, American lieutenant Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Pierre-André Fournier, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player Wikipedia ↗
1941 — Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
1941 — George Pell, Australian cardinal Wikipedia ↗
1940 — Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
1939 — Herb Adderley, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1938 — Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal Wikipedia ↗
1937 — Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright Wikipedia ↗
1936 — James Darren, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1936 — Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1935 — Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1934 — Millicent Martin, English actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1933 — Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1933 — Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1933 — Robert Stevens, English lawyer and academic Wikipedia ↗
1932 — Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1932 — Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1931 — James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1931 — Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
1930 — Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1929 — Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1927 — Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer Wikipedia ↗
1925 — Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States Wikipedia ↗
1924 — Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1924 — Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1921 — Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1920 — Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
1919 — John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1918 — George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1918 — Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
1918 — John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1918 — John H. Ross, American captain and pilot (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1917 — Byron White, American football player and judge (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1916 — Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1916 — Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1916 — Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1915 — Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1912 — Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1912 — Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989) Wikipedia ↗
1912 — Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗