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

1946  On June - 08 "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances   

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 June - 08.   

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1953  Panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs on this day in history.   

1953  On June - 08 segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court   

1953  Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio on this day in history.   

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

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

1954  On June - 08 alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

1955  On this day in history dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax   

1956  Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt on this day in history.   

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

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  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  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  On this day in history 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  On June - 08 the birth of Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect   

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1318  On June - 08 birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On June - 08 mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

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

1115  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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