June 08

Tuesday 08, 2004:

First Transit of Venus in this millennium.

Friday 08, 2001:

Popular editorial site suck.com, one of the first original content sites on the internet, publishes its final article, "Gone Fishin'."

Tuesday 08, 1999:

War on Drugs: The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.

Monday 08, 1998:

Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the U.S. National Rifle Association.

Saturday 08, 1996:

Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Thursday 08, 1995:

Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

Monday 08, 1992:

The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sunday 08, 1986:

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.

Friday 08, 1984:

Homosexuality is decriminalised in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Saturday 08, 1974:

An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing six.

Sunday 08, 1969:

After the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) cancels the program, the last Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour airs.

Saturday 08, 1968:

The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

Thursday 08, 1967:

Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.

Monday 08, 1959:

The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.

Monday 08, 1953:

The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.

Thursday 08, 1950:

Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.

Wednesday 08, 1949:

Red Scare: Such celebrities as 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.

Tuesday 08, 1948:

Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.

Sunday 08, 1941:

World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.

Saturday 08, 1912:

Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures.

Wednesday 08, 1887:

Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.

Friday 08, 1866:

The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa.

Sunday 08, 1862:

Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George McClellan.

Saturday 08, 1861:

American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

Sunday 08, 1783:

The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.

Saturday 08, 1776:

American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

Saturday 08, 1624:

An earthquake strikes Peru

Saturday 08, 1405:

1405 - First execution in England of a Bishop (Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York) by a King (Henry IV)

Tuesday 08, 793:

The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known

Friday 08, 536:

St. Silverius becomes Pope (probable date).

Friday 08, 68:

The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba.

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