Historical Events In June - 08

1944  On this day in history fO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France   

1944  On June - 08 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

1946  On this day in history "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances   

1947  On June - 08 lassie makes its broadcast debut on the ABC radio network.   

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  On June - 08 john Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines   

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

1948  On June - 08 franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1949  On June - 08 siam changes name to Thailand   

1950  On June - 08 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   

1950  Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) on June - 08.   

1952  On this day in history 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  On June - 08 panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs   

1953  Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court on June - 08.   

1953  On June - 08 tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 on this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

1955  Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax on June - 08.   

1956  On this day in history lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt   

1958  4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright on this day in history.   

1959  On June - 08 x-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m   

1959  On June - 08 1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla)   

1960  On this day in history first date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

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

1961  On June - 08 english prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley   

1962  Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) on this day in history.   

1963  "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances on June - 08.   

1965  On June - 08 uS troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam   

1965  USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon on June - 08.   

1967  34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli warplanes mistakenly attack the Navy ship Liberty stationed in the Mediterranean on June - 08.   

1967  The birth of Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect on June - 08.   

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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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on June - 08.   

1740  On this day in history birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer   

0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on June - 08.   

1115  On this day in history peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64   

1376  On June - 08 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46   

1383  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)   

1384  Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on June - 08.   

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