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June 8 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba .536 - St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date).1191 - Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade.1405 - Richard le Scrope , Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray , Earl of Norfolk , are executed in York on Henry IV 's orders.1776 - American Revolutionary War : Battle of Trois-Rivières - American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec .1783 - The volcano Laki , in Iceland , begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine .1789 - James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives .1856 - The community of Pitcairn Islands and descendants of the mutineers of the HMS Bounty Morayshire at Norfolk Island Commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.1861 - American Civil War : Tennessee secedes from the Union .1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan .1887 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator .1906 - Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures .1928 - Second Northern Expedition : The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking , whose name is changed to Beijing .1941 - World War II : Allies invade Syria and Lebanon .1942 - World War II : Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle .1948 - Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater 1949 - Celebrities Helen Keller , Dorothy Parker , Danny Kaye , Fredric March , John Garfield , Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.1953 - Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence : A tornado hits Flint, Michigan , and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.1953 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
1959 - The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail .1966 - One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test pilot Carl Cross were both killed.1966 - Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale : the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.[1]
1967 - Six-Day War : The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. 1968 - The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery .
1974 - An F4 tornado strikes Emporia, Kansas , killing six.1984 - Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales , Australia.1986 - Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria .1987 - New Zealand 's Labour government legislates against nuclear weapons and nuclear powered vessels. This makes New Zealand the first and (as of June 2006 ) only nation to ban these things from its territory.1992 - The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia .1996 - Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty .2008 - The Akihabara massacre took place on the Sunday-pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street. A man killed seven in an attack on a crowd using a truck and a dagger.
Births
1625 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini , Italian scientist (d. 1712 )1671 - Tomaso Albinoni , Italian composer (d. 1751 )1717 - John Collins , American politician (d. 1795 )1724 - John Smeaton , English civil engineer (d. 1794 )1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro , Italian adventurer (d. 1795 )1745 - Caspar Wessel , Danish mathematician (d. 1818 )1757 - Cardinal Ercole Consalvi , Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824 )1810 - Robert Schumann , German composer (d. 1856 )1831 - Thomas J. Higgins , decorated Union Army soldier (d. 1917 )1842 - John Q. A. Brackett , 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918 )1847 - Ida McKinley , First Lady of the United States (d. 1907 )1851 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval , French physicist (d. 1940 )1859 - Smith Wigglesworth , British religious figure (d. 1947 )1860 - Alicia Boole Stott , Irish mathematician (d. 1940 )1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright , American architect (d. 1959 )1885 - Karl Genzken , Nazi physician (d. 1957 )1897 - John G. Bennett , British scientist and author (d. 1974 )1901 - Lena Baker , American murderer (d. 1945 )1903 - Ralph Yarborough , U.S. Senator from Texas (d. 1996 )1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar , French author (d. 1987 )
1910 - John W. Campbell , American publisher and editor (d. 1971 )1910 - Fernand Fonssagrives , French photographer (d. 2003 )
1911 - Edmundo Rivero , Argentine singer (d. 1986 )1912 - Harry Holtzman , American abstract artist (d. 1987 )1912 - Maurice Bellemare , French Canadian politician (d. 1989 )
1916 - Francis Crick , English molecular biologist; Nobel laureate (d. 2004 )1916 - Luigi Comencini , Italian film director (d. 2007 )
1917 - Byron White , American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (d. 2002 )1918 - Robert Preston , American actor (d. 1987 )1918 - John D. Roberts , American chemist
1921 - LeRoy Neiman , American painter1921 - Alexis Smith , Canadian actress (d. 1993 )
1921 - Suharto , President of Indonesia (d. 2008 )
1923 - Malcolm Boyd , American Episcopal Priest and author1924 - Lyn Nofziger , American political operative (d. 2006 )1925 - Barbara Bush , First Lady of the United States 1925 - Eddie Gaedel , American baseball player (d. 1961 )
1925 - Del Ennis , baseball player (d. 1996 )
1927 - Jerry Stiller , American comedian and actor1930 - Robert Aumann , German-born Israeli mathematician; Nobel laureate1930 - Marcel Léger , Quebec politician (d. 1993 )
1931 - Dana Wynter , German-born American actress1933 - Joan Rivers , American comedian and author1934 - Millicent Martin , English singer and actress1936 - James Darren , American actor and singer1936 - Kenneth G. Wilson , American physicist, Nobel laureate
1939 - Bernie Casey , American football player and actor1940 - Nancy Sinatra , American singer1941 - Robert Bradford , Northern Irish politician (d. 1981 )1941 - Fuzzy Haskins , American musician (P Funk )
1942 - Doug Mountjoy , Welsh snooker player1942 - Chuck Negron , American singer (Three Dog Night )
1943 - Colin Baker , British actor1943 - William Calley , American war criminal
1943 - Willie Davenport , American athlete (d. 2002 )
1944 - Mark Belanger , American baseball player (d. 1998 )1944 - Marc Ouellet , Archbishop of Quebec City
1944 - Boz Scaggs , American singer and songwriter
1947 - Eric F. Wieschaus , American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 - Emanuel Ax , Polish-born pianist1949 - Jeffrey Mylett , American actor (d. 1986 )
1950 - Kathy Baker , American actress1950 - Sonia Braga , Brazilian actress
1951 - Bonnie Tyler , Welsh singer and guitarist1951 - Tony Rice , American acoustic guitarist
1953 - Olav Stedje , Norwegian singer-songwriter1953 - Ad Tak , Dutch cyclist
1954 - Sergei Storchak , Russian deputy finance ministerTemplate:1954 - Template:Kenneth M Lohse , American Cabinetmaker and music authority1955 - Tim Berners-Lee , English internet developer1955 - Griffin Dunne , American actor
1955 - Greg Ginn , American guitarist (Black Flag )
1957 - Scott Adams , American cartoonist1957 - Don Robinson , baseball player
1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans , American actor and director1960 - Mick Hucknall , English singer and songwriter (Simply Red )1960 - Thomas Steen , Swedish hockey player
1962 - Nick Rhodes , English musician (Duran Duran )1962 - Kristine W , American musician
1963 - Keti Garbi , Greek singer1964 - Butch Reynolds , American former 400m runner1965 - Kevin Farley , American actor1965 - Rob Pilatus , member of Milli Vanilli (d. 1998 )
1965 - Chris Chavis , American professional wrestler
1966 - Julianna Margulies , American actress1968 - Rob Ray , American hockey player1969 - J.P. Manoux , American actor1969 - Marcos Siega , American director
1969 - David Sutcliffe , Canadian actor
1970 - Gabrielle Giffords , American politician1970 - Teresa Strasser , American Morning Radio Host
1970 - Kelli Williams , American actress
1971 - Troy Vincent , American footballer1971 - Mark Feuerstein , American actor
1972 - Christian Mayrleb , Austrian footballer1973 - Lexa Doig , Canadian actress1973 - Lucija Šerbedžija , Croatian actress
1975 - Bryan McCabe , Canadian hockey player1975 - Shilpa Shetty , Indian actress
1976 - Lindsay Davenport , American tennis player1976 - Kenji Johjima , Japanese baseball player
1977 - Kanye West , American rapper1978 - Maria Menounos , American actress and television host1979 - Pete Orr , Canadian baseball player1979 - Derek Trucks , American guitarist (Derek Trucks Band )
1979 - Adine Wilson , New Zealand netball player
1981 - Alex Band , American singer (The Calling )1981 - Matteo Meneghello , Italian racing driver
1981 - Ai Nonaka , Japanese voice actor
1981 - Sara Watkins , American fiddle player
1981 - Jess Weixler , American actress1982 - Dickson Etuhu , Nigerian footballer1982 - Irina Lazareanu , Canadian model
1982 - Katy Morgan-Davies , British politician
1982 - Nadia Petrova , Russian tennis player
1983 - Kim Clijsters , Belgian tennis player1983 - Lee Harding , Australian punk-rock singer
1983 - Mamoru Miyano , Japanese seiyuu
1984 - Andrea Casiraghi , son of Princess Caroline of Monaco 1984 - Javier Mascherano , Argentine footballer
1985 - Alexandre Despatie , French-Canadian diver1986 - Patrick Kaleta , American hockey player1989 - Gary Wilson , Scottish Musician
Deaths
218 - Macrinus , Roman Emperor 632 - Muhammad , Prophet of Islam (b. 570 )1042 - Harthacanute , King of Denmark and England (b. 1018 )1376 - Edward, the Black Prince , son of Edward III of England (b. 1330 )1383 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros , English Crusader (b. 1338 )1384 - Kanami , Japanese actor (b. 1333 )1476 - George Neville , English archbishop and statesman1505 - Hongzhi , Emperor of China (b. 1470 )1611 - Jean Bertaut , French poet (b. 1552 )1612 - Hans Leo Hassler , German composer (b. 1562 )1621 - Anne de Xainctonge , French saint (b. 1567 )1628 - Rudolph Goclenius , German philosopher (b. 1547 )1714 - Sophia of Hanover , heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630 )1716 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658 )1727 - August Hermann Francke , German Protestant minister (b. 1663 )1768 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann , German classical scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717 )1771 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax , English statesman (b. 1716 )1795 - King Louis XVII of France (b. 1785 )1809 - Thomas Paine , American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737 )1835 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi , Italian physicist (b. 1761 )1845 - Andrew Jackson , 7th President of the United States (b. 1767 )1857 - Douglas William Jerrold , British playwright and satirist (b. 1803 )1874 - Cochise , Apache leader1876 - George Sand , French author (b. 1804 )1885 - Ignace Bourget , Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799 )1924 - Andrew Irvine , English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902 )1924 - George Leigh Mallory , English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1886 )
1929 - Bliss Carman , Canadian poet (b. 1861 )1945 - Karl Hanke , Nazi official (b. 1903 )1951 - Eugène Fiset , French Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874 )1956 - Marie Laurencin , French painter (b. 1883 )1965 - Edmondo Rossoni , Italian fascist (b. 1884 )1966 - Anton Melik , Slovenian geographer (b. 1890 )1969 - Robert Taylor , American actor (b. 1911 )1970 - Abraham Maslow , American psychologist (b. 1908 )1972 - Jimmy Rushing , American blues singer (b. 1903 ?)1980 - Ernst Busch , German singer and actor (b. 1900 )1982 - Satchel Paige , American baseball player (b. 1906 )1984 - Gordon Jacob , English composer (b. 1895 )1993 - Root Boy Slim , American entertainer (b. 1945 )1998 - Sani Abacha , President of Nigeria (b. 1943 )1998 - Maria Reiche , German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903 )
2000 - Jeff MacNelly , American political cartoonist (b. 1948 )2003 - Leighton Rees , Welsh darts player (b. 1940 )2004 - Mack Jones , American baseball player (b. 1938 )2006 - Robert Donner , American actor (b. 1931 )2006 - Abouna Matta El Meskeen , Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919 )
2007 - Kenny Olsson , Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977 )2007 - Richard Rorty , American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931 )
2008 - Šaban Bajramović , Serbian Romani musician (b. 1936 )
Holidays and observances
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