Page 8: Historical Events In June - 08

2005  Birth of Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain on June - 08.   

2007  The Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched on mission STS-117 on this day in history.   

2012  On June - 08 a bus bombing in Pakistan kills 18 and injures 35 people   

2013  On this day in history serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova to win the French Open in tennis   

2014  Peng Shuai of China and Hsieh Su-wei win the women's tennis doubles at the French Open on this day in history.   

2017  Ex-FBI chief James Comey testifies to a US Senate committee that US President Donald Trump told "lies plain and simple" on June - 08.   

2017  On this day in history uN states Islamic State forces have shot and killed hundreds of fleeing civilians during battle for Mosul, Iraq in past two weeks   

2017  On June - 08 british General Election results in a hung parliament, Prime Minster Theresa May and the Conservative party lose their majority   

2017  US prisoner Richard Anthony Jones freed after 17 years in Roeland Park, Kansas when his lookalike discovered on this day in history.   

2018  NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors win their 3rd title in 4 years with a 108-85 over the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 4-nil sweep. Kevin Durant MVP on this day in history.   

2018  On June - 08 whatsApp rumours of child kidnappers in India prompt two men to be beaten to death by a mob in Karbi Angong district, Assam   

2018  On this day in history iMF agrees to lend Argentina up to 50 billion dollars   

2018  On this day in history world's most powerful supercomputer, Summit, can process 200,000 trillion calculations per second, launched at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, by IBM and NVidia   

2018  The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 7 million worldwide on June - 08.   

2023  US federal prosecutors file 37 count indictment against former US President Donald Trump , for unlawful retention of defense information, for storing dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort, and obstruction of justice [1] [2] on June - 08.   

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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 this day in history.   

1717  John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1722  On June - 08 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  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46   

1383  Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on this day in history.   

1384  On June - 08 death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

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