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

1947  On June - 08 tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56   

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

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

1949  On June - 08 siam changes name to Thailand   

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 June - 08.   

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

1953  On June - 08 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 this day in history.   

1953  On June - 08 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  Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 on June - 08.   

1955  On June - 08 dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax   

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

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

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 this day in history english prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley   

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

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 June - 08.   

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

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

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

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on this day in history.   

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

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1722  On this day in history 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  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 June - 08.   

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 June - 08.   

1383  On this day in history 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  On June - 08 death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman