Page 3: Historical Events In June - 08

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

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

1829  On this day in history john Everett Millais, England, painter (Order of Release)   

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

1834  HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn on this day in history.   

1834  On June - 08 george Garrett, composer   

1837  On this day in history jan Kleczynski, composer   

1845  On June - 08 andrew Jackson, seventh US president, dies in Nashville.   

1845  On this day in history andrew Jackson, (D) 7th pres (1828-37), dies at 78   

1846  On this day in history battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu   

1847  On this day in history ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)   

1849  On June - 08 juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor (Anspach Monument)   

1856  On June - 08 pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island   

1856  Natalia Janotha, composer on this day in history.   

1858  Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1861  People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union on June - 08.   

1861  On this day in history tennessee secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy.   

1862  Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia on June - 08.   

1865  Tristanderl und Zusholde, premieres on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies   

1867  Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisc, master builder (Guggenheim) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78   

1871  Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death on June - 08.   

1872  On June - 08 congress endorses penny post card   

1874  Cochise, Apache leader on June - 08.   

1875  On this day in history 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  Prospero Bisquertt, composer on June - 08.   

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

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

1886  1st Civil Rights Act passes on June - 08.   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

1625  On this day in history birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)   

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 June - 08.   

1717  On June - 08 birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  On June - 08 birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

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 this day in history.   

0632  On this day in history 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  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

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

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on June - 08.