Page 6: Historical Events In June - 08

1944  FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France on June - 08.   

1944  On this day in history 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

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

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

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on June - 08.   

1948  On June - 08 "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV   

1948  John Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines on June - 08.   

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 this day in history siam changes name to Thailand   

1950  On this day in history 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  On June - 08 boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)   

1952  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1953  Panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs on June - 08.   

1953  On this day in history segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court   

1953  On this day in history tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 on June - 08.   

1953  On June - 08 godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68   

1954  Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on June - 08.   

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

1956  On June - 08 lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt   

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

1959  X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m on this day in history.   

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

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

1960  On June - 08 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1961  English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley on June - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history uS troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam   

1965  On June - 08 uSSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon   

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 this day in history.   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on June - 08.   

1652  On this day in history birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) was born on June - 08.   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1740  On June - 08 birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer   

0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on June - 08.   

0632  Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) on this day in history.   

1042  On June - 08 death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

1115  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1376  On June - 08 "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 this day in history.   

1384  On this day in history death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

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