Page 3: Historical Events In June - 08

1824  On June - 08 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1829  1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool on June - 08.   

1829  On June - 08 john Everett Millais, England, painter (Order of Release)   

1831  Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75 on June - 08.   

1834  On this day in history hMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn   

1834  On June - 08 george Garrett, composer   

1837  Jan Kleczynski, composer on June - 08.   

1845  Andrew Jackson, seventh US president, dies in Nashville on June - 08.   

1845  Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th pres (1828-37), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1846  Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu on June - 08.   

1847  On June - 08 ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

1849  On this day in history juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor (Anspach Monument)   

1856  On this day in history pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island   

1856  Natalia Janotha, composer on June - 08.   

1858  On June - 08 antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor   

1861  People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union on this day in history.   

1861  On June - 08 tennessee secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy.   

1862  Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia on this day in history.   

1865  On June - 08 tristanderl und Zusholde, premieres   

1865  On June - 08 joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1867  Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisc, master builder (Guggenheim) on June - 08.   

1869  Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents a vacuum cleaner on June - 08.   

1869  On June - 08 ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner (it sucks)   

1870  Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death   

1872  Congress endorses penny post card on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history cochise, Apache leader   

1875  On June - 08 a Borrelly discovers asteroid #146 Lucina   

1876  George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1878  12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43.5 on this day in history.   

1881  On June - 08 prospero Bisquertt, composer   

1882  16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43 on this day in history.   

1884  On June - 08 henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51   

1886  On June - 08 1st Civil Rights Act passes   

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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  On this day in history 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 June - 08.   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On June - 08 birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  On this day in history 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  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on June - 08.   

1115  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on June - 08.   

1376  On this day in history "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46   

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1384  Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on this day in history.   

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