Page 6: Historical Events In June - 08

1944  On June - 08 fO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France   

1944  1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy on this day in history.   

1946  "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances on this day in history.   

1947  On June - 08 lassie makes its broadcast debut on the ABC radio network.   

1947  Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 on June - 08.   

1948  On this day in history "The Milton Berle Show" premiers on NBC TV   

1948  On June - 08 john Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines   

1948  "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV on this day in history.   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on June - 08.   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand on June - 08.   

1950  General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, World War Two, made a Field Marshal, the only Australian appointment to this rank in Australian military history on June - 08.   

1950  Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) on this day in history.   

1952  On June - 08 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open   

1953  On June - 08 cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

1953  On June - 08 panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs   

1953  Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1953  Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio on this day in history.   

1953  Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 on this day in history.   

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on June - 08.   

1954  Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on this day in history.   

1955  Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt   

1958  On this day in history 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright   

1959  On this day in history x-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m   

1959  1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla) on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history first date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1960  On June - 08 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"   

1961  On June - 08 english prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley   

1962  On June - 08 jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)   

1963  On this day in history "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances   

1965  On this day in history uS troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam   

1965  USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon on this day in history.   

1967  34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli warplanes mistakenly attack the Navy ship Liberty stationed in the Mediterranean on this day in history.   

1967  The birth of Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect on June - 08.   

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

1625  Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn) was born on June - 08.   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

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

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

1724  On this day in history birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer   

1740  On June - 08 birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer   

0218  On June - 08 opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54   

0632  Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) on this day in history.   

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

1383  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)   

1384  On June - 08 death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

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