Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

1967  Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 on June - 08.   

1968  On June - 08 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  On June - 08 new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

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

1969  Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones on June - 08.   

1969  On this day in history spain closes its border with Gibraltar   

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

1972  On June - 08 n Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230   

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

1973  Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1975  USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing on this day in history.   

1975  On June - 08 william F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78   

1979  The Source, first computer public information service, goes online on June - 08.   

1979  On this day in history wings release "Back to the Egg" album   

1979  Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament   

1982  On June - 08 [Leroy] Satchel Paige, US baseball pitcher, dies at 75   

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

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

1986  On this day in history kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president   

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

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

1990  Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history 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  On this day in history juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies   

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

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

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1318  On this day in history birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II   

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 June - 08.   

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 this day in history 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 June - 08 death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth   

1115  Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1376  "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.   

1383  On June - 08 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  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on June - 08.