Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

1967  On June - 08 elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

1968  Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" on this day in history.   

1968  James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport on June - 08.   

1968  New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on this day in history.   

1968  Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.   

1969  On June - 08 rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones   

1969  On June - 08 spain closes its border with Gibraltar   

1969  On June - 08 robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

1972  On this day in history n Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230   

1972  On this day in history jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68   

1973  On this day in history eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

1975  On June - 08 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35   

1975  On June - 08 uSSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing   

1975  On this day in history william F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78   

1979  On this day in history the Source, first computer public information service, goes online   

1979  On June - 08 wings release "Back to the Egg" album   

1979  On June - 08 herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

1982  On June - 08 reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament   

1982  On this day in history [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75   

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on June - 08.   

1986  On this day in history alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria   

1986  On June - 08 kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president   

1987  On this day in history yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

1988  Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years   

1990  On June - 08 alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies   

1991  Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51 on June - 08.   

1993  On June - 08 rené Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84   

1994  William Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1995  On June - 08 u.S. Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines, after having to survive alone for several days when his F-16 fighter was shot down.   

1995  Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies on this day in history.   

1996  On June - 08 barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70   

2000  Pultizer Prize Winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe, dies of cancer at age 52 on June - 08.   

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1318  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II was born on June - 08.   

1625  On June - 08 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  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  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on June - 08.   

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

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on June - 08.   

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 this day in history 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  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on this day in history.