8 June
Notable Births
Francesca Capaldi
b. 2004
American actress (born 2004)
Jeļena Ostapenko
b. 1997
Latvian tennis player (born 1997)
Ferland Mendy
b. 1995
French footballer (born 1995)
Liv Morgan
b. 1994
American professional wrestler (born 1994)
Timea Bacsinszky
b. 1989
Swiss professional tennis player
Javier Mascherano
b. 1984
Argentine football manager and former player (born 1984)
Kim Clijsters
b. 1983
Belgian former tennis player (born 1983)
Nadia Petrova
b. 1982
Russian tennis player (born 1982)
Rachel Held Evans
b. 1981
American writer
Maria Menounos
b. 1978
American-Greek television host (born 1978)
Kanye West
b. 1977
American rapper and producer (born 1977)
Lindsay Davenport
b. 1976
American former tennis player (born 1976)
Mark Ricciuto
b. 1975
Australian rules footballer
Bernard Grech
b. 1971
Maltese politician and lawyer
Russell E. Morris
b. 1967
British chemist (born 1967)
William Calley
b. 1943
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
Jerry Stiller
b. 1927
American comedian and actor (1927–2020)
Barbara Bush
b. 1925
First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993
Ralph Yarborough
b. 1903
American politician (1903–1996)
Frank Lloyd Wright
b. 1867
American architect (1867–1959)
Notable Deaths
Ramoji Rao
d. 2024
Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (1936–2024)
Chet Walker
d. 2024
American basketball player (1940–2024)
Pat Robertson
d. 2023
American media mogul and minister (1930–2023)
Paula Rego
d. 2022
Portuguese visual artist (1935–2022)
Andre Matos
d. 2019
Brazilian singer and musician (1971–2019)
Anthony Bourdain
d. 2018
American chef and travel documentarian (1956–2018)
Chea Sim
d. 2015
Cambodian politician (1932–2015)
Alexander Imich
d. 2014
Polish–American scientist (1903–2014)
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
d. 2014
Japanese prince (1948–2014)
Paul Cellucci
d. 2013
American lawyer and politician (1948–2013)
Yoram Kaniuk
d. 2013
Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic (1930–2013)
Taufiq Kiemas
d. 2013
Indonesian politician (1942–2013)
Charles E. M. Pearce
d. 2012
New Zealand/Australian mathematician
Ghassan Tueni
d. 2012
Lebanese journalist and politician (1926–2012)
Omar Bongo
d. 2009
President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009
Mack Jones
d. 2004
American baseball player (1938–2004)
Frédéric Dard
d. 2000
French crime writer
Maria Reiche
d. 1998
Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator (1903–1998)
Karen Wetterhahn
d. 1997
American chemist (1948–1997)
Abraham Maslow
d. 1970
American psychologist (1908–1970)
On This Day in History
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2023
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.
Donald Trump
2007
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
Newcastle, New South Wales
2007
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
2004
The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
2004 transit of Venus
2001
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
Mamoru Takuma
1995
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
Captain (United States O-3)
1992
The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
World Oceans Day
1992
GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.
GP Express Airlines Flight 861
1987
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
New Zealand
1984
Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Homosexuality
1983
Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 loses one of its propellers in flight resulting in damage to the flight controls. The Lockheed L-188 Electra makes an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport and there are no injuries.
Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
1982
Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
Bluff Cove air attacks
1982
VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people.
VASP Flight 168
1972
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
Vietnam War
1968
James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport.
James Earl Ray
1967
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded.
Six-Day War
1966
An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
1966
Topeka, Kansas, United States is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale, exceeding US$200 million in damages. Seventeen people are killed, over five hundred more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
Topeka, Kansas
1961
Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster.
Wedding of Prince Edward and Katharine Worsley
1959
USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
USS Barbero