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  On June - 08 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy   

1946  "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances on June - 08.   

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

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

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

1948  On this day in history john Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines   

1948  On June - 08 "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV   

1948  Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand on June - 08.   

1950  On June - 08 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   

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

1952  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1953  Panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs on this day in history.   

1953  Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court on June - 08.   

1953  On June - 08 tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio   

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

1953  Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1954  On June - 08 alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

1955  Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax on June - 08.   

1956  Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt on this day in history.   

1958  4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright on June - 08.   

1959  X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m on June - 08.   

1959  On June - 08 1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla)   

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

1960  1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" on this day in history.   

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

1962  Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) on June - 08.   

1963  On June - 08 "Mr President" closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances   

1965  US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam on June - 08.   

1965  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon   

1967  34 U.S. servicemen are killed when Israeli warplanes mistakenly attack the Navy ship Liberty stationed in the Mediterranean on June - 08.   

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

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1318  On June - 08 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  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.   

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

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

1724  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0632  On this day in history mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

1042  On June - 08 death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

1115  On June - 08 peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64   

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

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on June - 08.   

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

1476  On this day in history death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman