Page 7: Historical Events In June - 08

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

1968  On June - 08 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 June - 08.   

1968  On June - 08 new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

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

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

1969  Spain closes its border with Gibraltar on June - 08.   

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  Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer, dies at 68 on June - 08.   

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 June - 08.   

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

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

1979  On June - 08 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  [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 June - 08.   

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

1987  Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 on this day in history.   

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

1990  Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years on June - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51   

1993  René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1994  On June - 08 william Marshall, actor/director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86   

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

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  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on June - 08.   

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

1115  On this day in history 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 June - 08.   

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on June - 08.   

1384  Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on June - 08.   

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on June - 08.