Historical Events In June - 08

2005  Birth of Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain on this day in history.   

2007  On June - 08 the Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched on mission STS-117.   

2012  On this day in history 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  On this day in history peng Shuai of China and Hsieh Su-wei win the women's tennis doubles at the French Open   

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

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

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

2017  On June - 08 uS prisoner Richard Anthony Jones freed after 17 years in Roeland Park, Kansas when his lookalike discovered   

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  WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers in India prompt two men to be beaten to death by a mob in Karbi Angong district, Assam on this day in history.   

2018  On June - 08 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  On this day in history 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.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 7 million worldwide on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history 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]   

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1318  On June - 08 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 June - 08.   

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.   

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 June - 08.   

1724  John Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer was born on June - 08.   

1740  On June - 08 birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer   

0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on June - 08.   

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  On June - 08 "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  On this day in history death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)   

1476  Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on this day in history.