Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

1967  On this day in history elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1968  Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" on this day in history.   

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

1968  On this day in history new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

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 this day in history.   

1969  Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history n Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230   

1972  On June - 08 jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68   

1973  On June - 08 eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history wings release "Back to the Egg" album   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on June - 08.   

1982  Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament on this day in history.   

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

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on June - 08.   

1986  Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria on June - 08.   

1986  On this day in history kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president   

1987  On June - 08 yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

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

1990  Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years on June - 08.   

1990  Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history rené Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84   

1994  William Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1995  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 on this day in history.   

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

1996  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

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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 June - 08.   

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

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 June - 08.   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 June - 08.   

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 June - 08.   

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

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

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.