On this day in History - Jun 08

0218 - Macrinus, dies (b. c. 0165). Roman Emperor .
0536 - St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date).
0632 - Muhammad, dies (b. c. 570). Founder of Islam.
0793 - The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known
1042 - Harthacanute, dies (b. 1018). King of England .
1625 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, was born (d. 1712). Scientist.
1662 - Morte de Henrique Dias, o herói da guerra contra os holandeses, em Recife-PE.
1671 - Tomaso Albinoni was born in Venice, Italy. Composer
1695 - Morria Christian Huygens (n. 14 Abr 1629). Matemático, físico e astrónomo holandês criador da teoria de onda da luz; descobriu a verdadeira forma dos anéis de Saturno, e fez contribuições originais à ciência da dinâmica - o estudo da acção de forças em corpos.
1724 - John Smeaton, was born (d. 1794). Civil engineer .
1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro, was born. (d. 1795). Adventurer.
1769 - Alvará que cria uma fábrica de louça fina em Lisboa.
1776 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières - American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
1783 - The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
1795 - King Louis XVII of France dies (b. 1785)
1809 - Thomas Paine, dies (b. 1737). American revolutionary and writer: Common Sense
1810 - Robert Schumann, was born (d. 1856). Composer.
1845 - Andrew Jackson, dies (b. 1767). 7th President of the United States .
1847 - Ida McKinley, was born (d. 1907). Former First Lady of the United States.
1857 - Douglas William Jerrold, dies (b. 1803). British dramatic playwright and political satirist
1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George McClellan.
1866 - The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa.
1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in Richland Park, Wisconsin (d. 1959). American architect. 1874 - Cochise, dies (b. c. 1812). Apache leader.
1876 - George Sand, dies (b. 1804). Author.
1887 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.
1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, was born (d. 1987). Author.
1903 - Ralph Yarborough, was born (d. 1996). U.S. Senator and Texas politician.
1904 - Carmen Santos [Maria do Carmo Santos Gonçalves} was born in Vila Flor, Distrito de Bragança, Portugal (m. 14 Set 1952 no de Janeiro, Brazil). Producer, she founded in 1933 the production company Brasil Vox Filmes, Rio de Janeiro, later called Brasil Vita Filmes.
1910 - John W. Campbell Jr., was born (d. 1971). Science fiction writer, publisher, editor.
1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures.
1916 - Francis Crick, was born. Scientist, Nobel laureate, helped discover the molecular structure of DNA
1917 - Byron White, was born (d. 2002). Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1918 - Robert Preston, was born (d. 1987). Actor.
1921 - Suharto, was born. Former President of Indonesia
1921 - Alexis Smith, was born (d. 1993). Canadian actress.
1924 - Lyn Nofziger, was born. Political operative
1924 - George Leigh Mallory (b. 1886) and Andrew Irvine (b. 1902), die. Mountaineers
1925 - Barbara Bush, was born. Former First Lady of the United States (to 41st President, George Bush, mother to 43rd President George W. Bush)
1927 - LeRoy Neiman, was born. Painter
1929 - Jerry Stiller, was born. Comedian, actor
1929 - Bliss Carman, diess (b. 1861). Poet.
1933 - Joan Rivers, was born. Comedienne, author
1934 - Millicent Martin, was born. Singer, actress
1936 - James Darren, was born. Actor, singer
1940 - Nancy Sinatra, was born. Singer
1941 - Fuzzy Haskins, was born. Musician ("P Funk")
1941 - World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
1942 - Doug Mountjoy, was born. Welsh snooker player
1944 - Boz Scaggs, was born. Singer, songwriter
1948 - Jürgen von der Lippe, was born. German show master
1942 - Doug Mountjoy, was born. Welsh snooker player
1944 - Boz Scaggs, was born. Singer, songwriter.
1946 - Nascimento em Odemira de Camacho Costa (m. 1 Mar 2003 em Lisboa). Grande actor português.
1948 - Jürgen von der Lippe, was born. German show master
1948 - Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
1949 - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is published.
1949 - Red Scare: Such celebrities as Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
1950 - Sonia Braga, was born. Actress.
1950 - Inicio da Guerra da Coreia
1951 - Bonnie Tyler, was born. Singer, guitarist
1953 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado hits in Flint, Michigan and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.
1953 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
1955 - Griffin Dunne, was born. Actor
1955 - Tim Berners-Lee, was born. Inventor of the World Wide Web
1957 - Scott Adams, was born. Cartoonist ("Dilbert")
1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, was born. Comedian, actor, director .
1958 - Portugal - O almirante Américo Tomás é eleito presidente da república. Humberto Delgado é o candidato da oposição vencido. A fraude eleitoral parece ter sido maciça.
1959 - The first (and only) delivery of Missile Mail.
1960 - Mick Hucknall, was born. Singer/songwriter ("Simply Red") .
1960 - Agostinho Neto, futuro presidente de Angola, é preso em Angola
1962 - Nick Rhodes, was born. Musician ("Duran Duran")
1963 - Ward charged over 'immoral earnings' Dr Stephen Ward, a London osteopath and friend of Christine Keeler, is arrested and charged with living on immoral earnings
1966 - Julianna Margulies, was born. Actress (ER)
1966 - Anton Melik, dies (b. 1890). Slovene geographer .
1967 - 6-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
1969 - After the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) cancels the program, the last Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour airs.
1969 - Robert Taylor, dies (b. 1911). Actor.
1970 - Abraham Maslow, dies (b. 1908). Psychologist.
1970 - Kelli Williams, was born. Actress (The Practice)
1970 - Seu Jorge, was born . Brazilien musician and actor
1971 - Troy Vincent, was born. American football player
1973 - Lexa Doig, was born. Canadian actress (Andromeda)
1976 - Lindsay Davenport was born in Palos Verdes, California, USA. Tennis player.
1977 - Kanye West, was born. Rapper, producer
1978 - Matthew Bellamy, was born. Musician ("Muse") .
1978 - Woman takes world sailing record Yachtswoman Naomi James breaks the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days.
1979 - Herb Polesie dies. Playwright.
1980 - Nascimento de Manduca. Jogador brasileiro de futebol que representa o Marítimo (Portugal).
1981 - Acidente ferroviário na India, ao tentar evitar-se o atropelamento de uma vaca. Cerca de 3.000 muertos.
1982 - Satchel Paige, dies (b. 1906). Baseball player.
1982 - Nadia Petrova, was born. Russian tennis player
1982 - Fifty die in Argentine air attack -Up to 50 British servicemen are killed in an Argentine air attack on two supply ships in the Falklands
1983 - Kim Clijsters, was born. Belgian tennis player
1984 - Homosexuality is decriminalised in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
1986 - Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
1992 - The first World Ocean Day celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil .
1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
1996 - Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1998 - Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the National Rifle Association.
1998 - Sani Abacha, dies (b. 1904). President of Nigeria.
1999 - War on Drugs: The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.
1999 -Liar Aitken jailed for 18 months Ex-cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is jailed for 18 months after admitting he lied during a libel action.
2000 - Jeff MacNelly, dies. Political cartoonist
2001 - Popular editorial site suck.com, one of the first original content sites on the internet, publishes its final article, "Gone Fishin'."
2004 - First Transit of Venus in this millennium.
2004 - Mack Jones, dies (b. 1938). Major League Baseball player.
2004 - Leopoldo Zea, dies. Mexican philosopher.
Dia Mundial dos Oceanos.