Page 6: Historical Events In June - 08

1944  On this day in history 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 June - 08.   

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  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 June - 08.   

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

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

1950  On this day in history 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 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  Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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  First date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1717  On this day in history birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  On this day in history birth of jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on June - 08.   

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

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