June 8

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on June 8. From 1900 until now. June 8 is under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Kanye West (1977), Joan Rivers (1933) and Andrea Casiraghi (1984). Several movies were released around June 8 over the years, such as Full Metal Jacket in 1987 directed by Stanley Kubrick and The Man from Earth in 2007 directed by Richard Schenkman.
But much more happened on June 8 over the years: find out below

How many days until next June 8

likes

Like this day if it is important to you!

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released around June 8 over the years?
Watch popular movies, TV series and live events, start your 30-day free trial

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 8?

Holidays

Saint Sabinianus, abbot, confessor [GTZ: Puy]
World Ocean Day.
Saint Audomar, bishop of ThTrouanne, confessor (Translation day)
Saint Elphege, bishop, martyr (Translation day)
Saint Marius, hermit [GTZ: Clermont]
Trojecia, virgin (at Rodez)
Roman Empire - second day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta.
Blessed Chlodulph, bishop of Metz
Blessed Gildard, bishop of Rouen, confessor
Blessed Maximinus, bishop of Aix en Provence
Blessed William, bishop of York, confessor
Blessed Syra of Ireland, virgin
Syria, virgin (at Troyes)
saint Medard, bishop of Noyon, confessor [common]
See more

Events

2019 Syrian Civil War, Northwestern Syria offensive: Abdul Baset al-Sarout, a Jaysh al-Izza commander, the “singer of the revolution”, and former Syria national football team goalkeeper, dies from wounds sustained Thursday when he was struck by Syrian Army artillery. (BBC) (The Guardian)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: On Quds Day – the last Friday of Ramadan – thousands of Palestinians protest near the Gaza border fence. Israeli troops fire live rounds and tear gas, killing four people and injuring over 600. (AP via CBS News)
2017 2017 North Korean missile tests: North Korea test fires several missiles, believed to be anti-ship weapons. The test comes immediately after South Korea suspends further deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system. (The New York Times)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): The Taliban kills 12 members of Afghanistan's security forces who were captured in recent ambushes in the Ghazni Province on June 3 and 5. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 War in North-West Pakistan: Seven Pakistani army soldiers and 19 Taliban fighters are killed in overnight fighting in North Waziristan near the Afghanistan border. (Al-Jazeera)
2014 The United Nations and Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sends troops to South Kivu province after 37 people are killed there. (Wall Street Journal)
2013 War in Afghanistan (2001–present):: In Afghanistan, a man wearing an Afghan military uniform attacks and kills three American soldiers, in what appears to be an insider attack on U.S. International Security Assistance Force soldiers, based in east Afghanistan's Paktika Province. (Voice of America)In a separate unrelated incident, an Italian soldier is killed and three are wounded when a child throws a grenade at a NATO convoy in west Afghanistan's Farah Province. (NBC)
2012 Arab Spring:
2011 Libyan civil war:
2010 At least 11 people die and injuries are caused in various fatal incidents across Iraq, including several civilians, a Sunni Imam and a Christian. (BBC)
2009 At least 18 factory workers are killed when their bus collides with a truck in the Nile Delta, Egypt. (''Irish Examiner'')
2008 The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Kato drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife.
2007 The Space Shuttle Atlantis is successfully launched on mission STS-117.
2006 Scientists in Greece announce to have revealed previously hidden ancient Greek letters on the Antikythera mechanism, thought to be one of the world's first known analog computers. (The Register)
2005 Claire Miles from Exeter in Devon gives birth by Caesarean section to two babies, one in each of her two half sized wombs. BBC
2004 The 30th G8 summit takes place over the next two days on Sea Island, in Georgia, USA.
2003 After several days of violence and confusion in Mauritania, Pro-Israeli President Maaouiya Ould Taya appears to have defeated the uprising against him.
2002 An annular solar eclipse occurs.
1997 Young Man From Atlanta closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 85 performances
1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108)
1995 Buttons on Broadway opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 40 performances
1994 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia
1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
1992 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks
1991 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
1990 Phil Bradley hits the 18th inside-the-park home run in Baltimore Orioles' history.
1988 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20%
1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
1986 Big Deal closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 70 performances
1985 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27
1984 A deadly F5 tornado nearly destroys the town of Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing 9 people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over US$25 million in damage.
1983 Trading Places, Ghostbusters, and Gremlins premieres
1982 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
1981 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters
1980 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
1979 Mariners draft Al Chambers #1
1978 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
1977 Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game
1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
1975 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
1974 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2
1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed Premier of Spain
1972 Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2
1971 North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam
1970 Players and management end labor dispute up min salary to $12,000
1969 Smothers Brothers comedy Hour, last airs on CBS-TV
1968 1st reduced-gravity golf game is played on the Moon
1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen.
1966 NFL and AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970.
1965 USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
1963 Mr President closes at St. James Theater NYC after 265 performances
1962 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
1961 English Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley
1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1959 First official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Florida, USA).
1958 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government
1955 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax
1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court.
1950 Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
1949 Siam changes name to Thailand
1948 Sally closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
1946 Lute Song closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances
1944 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy
1943 WWII: Japanese battleship Mutsu was destroyed by an accidental magazine explosion in Hashirajima anchorage, killing 1,121.
1942 Bing Cosby records Silent Night
1941 English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
1940 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6
1939 British King George VI visits US
1937 World's largest flower blooms in New York Botonical Garden, 12-inch calla lily.
1936 1st parking meters are invented
1935 39th US Golf Open: Sam Parks Jr shoots a 299 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
1931 Duke and Duchess of Kent wed
1929 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
1928 First US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford).
1927 Tony Lazzeri hits three home runs as New York Yankees beat Chicago White Sox 12-11.
1924 George Mallory and Andrew Irvine are last seen quotgoing strong for the topquot of Mount Everest by teammate Noel Odell at 12:50ampnbspP.M. The two mountaineers are never seen alive again.
1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4pm
1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School.
1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State.
1913 The Deutsches Stadion in Berlin is dedicated with the release of 10,000 pigeons, in front of an audience of 60,000 people. It has been constructed especially for the 1916 Summer Olympics, which are cancelled as a result of World War I.
1912 Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
1911 Belgium government of Schollaert falls
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.
1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of 6 Napoleons (BG)
See more