Page 6: Historical Events In June - 08

1944  FO K.O.Moore pilot of a liberator bomber sunk two U-Boats off the coast of France on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1947  On this day in history tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

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

1948  John Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines on June - 08.   

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

1948  On this day in history franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69   

1949  Siam changes name to Thailand on this day in history.   

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 June - 08.   

1952  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open   

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

1953  On this day in history panmunjon negotiators sign agreement on POWs   

1953  On June - 08 segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court   

1953  Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich &Ohio on June - 08.   

1953  On this day in history cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113   

1953  On June - 08 godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

1956  Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt on June - 08.   

1958  On June - 08 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  On this day in history 1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla)   

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

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

1961  English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley on this day in history.   

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

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

1965  US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam on this day in history.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon on June - 08.   

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  On this day in history the birth of Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect   

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

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

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on June - 08.   

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

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

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 June - 08.   

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

1042  On this day in history 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  On June - 08 death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)   

1384  On this day in history death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

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