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This Day in History: June 8

What Happened On Your Birthday

What Happend On Today In History

Famous Birthday On June 8

  • 1921 Suharto

    Indonesian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Indonesia

  • 1916 Francis Crick

    English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate

  • 1983 Kim Clijsters

    Belgian tennis player

  • 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright

    American architect, designed the Price Tower, Fallingwater

  • 1977 Kanye West

    American rapper, producer, director, fashion designer

Deaths On June 8

  • 632 Muhammad

    Islamic prophet

  • 2009 Omar Bongo

    Gabonese politician, President of Gabon

  • 1809 Thomas Paine

    English/American theorist, author

  • 1982 Satchel Paige

    American baseball player

  • 1924 George Mallory

    British mountaineer

More Events On June 8

452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun, leader of the Huns, invaded Italy with his army, sacking many cities and causing widespread destruction. His invasion was eventually halted at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in modern-day France.

793 Vikings raid Lindisfarne Island

Viking raiders from Norway attacked the monastery on Lindisfarne Island, off the northeast coast of England. The attack shocked Christian Europe and marked the beginning of the Viking Age.

1191 King Richard I joins the Third Crusade

King Richard I of England arrived at Acre in modern-day Israel to join the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade. His military campaigns in the Holy Land would earn him the nickname "Richard the Lionheart."

1783 Laki volcano eruption in Iceland

The Laki volcano in southern Iceland began an 8-month eruption, releasing poisonous gases that killed approximately 10,000 people and caused widespread famines throughout Asia and Europe.

1789 James Madison proposes Bill of Rights

James Madison, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, introduced a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives. The Bill of Rights would eventually be added to the US Constitution in 1791.

1918 Nova Aquila discovered

The brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604 was discovered in the constellation Aquila. Novae are stars that suddenly increase in brightness and then slowly fade away over several months.

1949 Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four

English author George Orwell's dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, is published. The book's portrayal of a totalitarian society and its warnings about the dangers of government surveillance have made it one of the most influential works of 20th-century literature.

1972 Napalm Girl photo taken

Associated Press photographer Nick Út took the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph known as the "Napalm Girl." The photo showed a group of Vietnamese children, including 9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War. The photo became a powerful symbol of the brutality of war.

1987 New Zealand becomes nuclear-free zone

The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 prohibited nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from entering New Zealand's waters. New Zealand was the first country to legislate towards a nuclear-free zone in the 1950s, and the act of 1987 solidified its commitment to peace and disarmament.

1887 Hollerith patents punch card calculator

American inventor Herman Hollerith patented his punch card calculator, a machine that used punched cards to process large amounts of data quickly. Hollerith's invention would eventually lead to the development of modern computing and the founding of the technology company IBM.

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