Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

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

1968  On this day in history gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"   

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

1968  New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted on June - 08.   

1968  Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on June - 08.   

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

1969  Spain closes its border with Gibraltar on this day in history.   

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 June - 08 jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68   

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

1975  2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 on this day in history.   

1975  USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing on June - 08.   

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 this day in history wings release "Back to the Egg" album   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on June - 08.   

1982  Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament on June - 08.   

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

1984  Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1986  On June - 08 alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria   

1986  Kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president on this day in history.   

1987  On June - 08 yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33   

1988  Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies on June - 08.   

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

1990  On this day in history alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies   

1991  On this day in history bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies   

1992  Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1993  René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84 on June - 08.   

1994  William Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 on June - 08.   

1995  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 on June - 08.   

1995  Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies on June - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1740  Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0218  On this day in history opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54   

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

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on this day in history.   

1115  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on June - 08.   

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

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 June - 08.   

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