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 this day in history.   

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

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

1947  On this day in history lassie makes its broadcast debut on the ABC radio network.   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1948  On June - 08 john Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines   

1948  "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV on June - 08.   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand on June - 08.   

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

1952  On June - 08 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open   

1953  On June - 08 cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

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 this day in history tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio   

1953  On this day in history cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on June - 08.   

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

1955  On June - 08 dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax   

1956  On June - 08 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  1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla) on June - 08.   

1960  First date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" on June - 08.   

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

1961  English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley on this day in history.   

1962  On June - 08 jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)   

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

1965  US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On June - 08 birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)   

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.   

1671  On this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  On this day in history birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

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

1724  On June - 08 birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on June - 08.   

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  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on this day in history.   

1115  On June - 08 peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64   

1376  On this day in history "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.