On this day in History - Jun 8

• 0068 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba.
• 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.
• 1789 - James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives.
• 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). French 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 VitaFilmes.
• 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 dies (b. 1861). Poet.
• 1930 - Robert Aumann was born. German-born mathematician, Nobel Prize in Economics
• 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. Brazilian actress.
• 1950 - Inicio da Guerra da Coreia
• 1951 - José Jorge Letria was born. Portuguese writer and journalist.
• 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 USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via 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 - One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test pilot Carl Cross were both killed.
• 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)
• 1974 - An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing six.
• 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 actualmente o Benfica (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
• 1982 - President Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain’s Parliament.
• 1983 - Kim Clijsters was born. Belgian tennis player
• 1983 - Satchel Paige dies. Great baseball 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.
• 1989 - Tony de Matos dies. Portuguese singer.
• 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 produt
• 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".
• 2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls.
• 2004 - First Transit of Venus in this millennium.
• 2004 - Mack Jones dies (b. 1938). Major League Baseball player.
• 2004 - Leopoldo Zea dies. Mexican philosopher.
• World Ocean Day / Dia Mundial dos Oceanos.