Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

1967  On this day in history elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74   

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

1968  James Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport on this day in history.   

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

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

1969  On this day in history rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones   

1969  On June - 08 spain closes its border with Gibraltar   

1969  On this day in history robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57   

1972  N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230 on June - 08.   

1972  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1973  On June - 08 eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

1975  William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 on June - 08.   

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  On this day in history herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79   

1982  Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament on this day in history.   

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

1984  On June - 08 gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88   

1986  Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria on this day in history.   

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

1987  Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on June - 08.   

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

1990  On June - 08 czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years   

1990  Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies on June - 08.   

1991  Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies on June - 08.   

1992  On June - 08 beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51   

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 this day in history.   

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

1996  Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

2000  Pultizer Prize Winning cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, creator of the comic strip Shoe, dies of cancer at age 52 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1652  On June - 08 birth of william Dampier, English explorer/pirate   

1671  On this day in history birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)   

1717  On June - 08 birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0218  On June - 08 opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54   

0632  On June - 08 mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)   

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 this day in history.   

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