Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

1967  Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1968  On June - 08 gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

1968  James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport on this day in history.   

1968  New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on June - 08.   

1968  Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.   

1969  Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones on June - 08.   

1969  Spain closes its border with Gibraltar on June - 08.   

1969  On this day in history robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

1972  On June - 08 n Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230   

1972  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68   

1973  Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 on June - 08.   

1975  2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 on June - 08.   

1975  On this day in history uSSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing   

1975  William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 on June - 08.   

1979  On June - 08 the Source, first computer public information service, goes online   

1979  On June - 08 wings release "Back to the Egg" album   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1982  On June - 08 reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament   

1982  [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88   

1986  Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria on this day in history.   

1986  On June - 08 kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president   

1987  Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies   

1990  On June - 08 czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years   

1990  On June - 08 alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies   

1991  On this day in history bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies   

1992  Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1993  On June - 08 rené Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84   

1994  On June - 08 william Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86   

1995  On June - 08 u.S. Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines, after having to survive alone for several days when his F-16 fighter was shot down.   

1995  Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies on this day in history.   

1996  On June - 08 barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70   

2000  Pultizer Prize Winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe, dies of cancer at age 52 on June - 08.   

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  On June - 08 birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)   

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  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on June - 08.   

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

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

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  "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1383  On June - 08 death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)   

1384  On June - 08 death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on this day in history.