In this article, we are providing Worldwide June 8th Events and June 8th Famous Birthdays of Important Personalities. You can also get information about Historical facts of the day June 8th in the areas like military, Politics, Science, Music, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Births and Deaths and more information in this article. Many people want to know What is special about today. The Interesting Historical Facts that occurred around the world are mentioned. You can also find What happened in Today in History on June 8 in this article. This day in History important events are mentioned in below table.
Also see – June 7th in History & June 9th in History
 What Happened Today in History on June 8?
June 8 | This Day In History | |
| 0452 | Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun. |
| 0793 | The Vikings raided The Northumbrian coast of England. |
| 1786 | For the first time in New York City, commercially manufactured ice cream was advertised. |
| 1790 | The first loan for the U.S. was repaid. The Temporary Loan of 1789 was negotiated and secured on September 18, 1789 by Alexander Hamilton. |
| 1861 | To secede from the Union, Tennessee voted and joined the Confederacy. |
| 1866 | The region of Holstein is annexed by Prussia. |
| 1869 | For the suction vacuum cleaner a U.S. patent received by Ives W. McGaffey. |
| 1872 | The U.S. Congress authorized the Penny Postcard. |
| 1904 | To protect U.S. citizens, U.S. Marines landed in Tangiers, Morocco. |
| 1915 | In a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania, U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned. |
| 1934 | The Major League team who became the first to use an airplane to travel from one city to another was The Cincinnati Reds. They flew from Cincinnati to Chicago. |
| 1947 | A 15-minute show, “Lassie Show” debuted on ABC radio. |
| 1948 | “Texaco Star Theater” NBC-TV was hosted by Milton Berle. It was the show’s debut. |
| 1953 | Â In Washington, DC, The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated restaurants. |
| 1961 | A major league baseball record was set by The Milwaukee Braves, when four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning. |
| 1965 | To begin fighting offensively.U.S. troops in South Vietnam were given orders. |
| 1969 | 1969 – It was announced that for both the NFL and AFL there would be a single schedule. 1969 – To tell President Thieu of South Vietnam that 25,000 U.S. troops would pull out by August, U.S. President Richard Nixon met him. |
| 1978 | The “Mormon will,” was a forgery is ruled by a jury in Clark County, Nevada. The work was supposedly written by Howard Hughes. |
| 1982 | American who became the first chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament was U.S. President Reagan . |
| 1986 | The 16th NBA championship was won by Boston Celtics. |
| 1987 | Testifying in the Iran-Contra hearings was began by Fawn Hill. She said that she had helped to shred some documents. |
| 1988 | In the Iran-Contra conspiracy case, Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim had to be tried separately is ruled by the judge. |
| 1991 | To honor veterans of the Persian Gulf War, A victory parade was held in Washington, DC. |
| 1994 | A one-month ceasefire was agreed by The warring factions in Bosnia. |
| 1996 | An underground nuclear test blast was set off by China. |
| 1998 | 1998 – Charlton Heston to be the president was elected by The National Rifle Association. 1998 – For disconnecting anti-pollution devices in 1.6 million cars, Honda agreed to pay $17.1 million 1998 – From Mir, ending America’s three-year partnership with Russia, The space shuttle Discovery pulled away. |
| 2001 | From the Jewish Museum in New York City, Marc Chagall’s painting “Study for ‘Over Vitebsk” was stolen. The 8×10 painting was valued at about $1 million. A group called the International Committee for Art and Peace later announced that after the Israelis and Palestinians made peace, they would return the painting. |
Famous Birthdays on June 8th
Now Let us move on to another Important topic, Today Famous Birthdays. The famous people who celebrate their Birthday on 8th June are listed in below table. The following table includes the celebrities like Actors, Actresses, Models, Authors, Singers, Athletes, Musicians, Rappers and Producers who born on June 8th in the Chronological order. Read our article to know about Today Birthday celebrities in the World. Learn about famous people/celebrity birthdays today in our Article 8th June Famous Birthdays which are listed in below table. Find out which celebrity is blowing the birthday candles along with you on June 8.
Today Famous Birthdays | |
| 1625 | Giovanni Domenico Cassini -Mathematician. |
| 1810 | Robert Schumann -German Composer |
| 1867 | Frank Lloyd Wright-American architect |
| 1916 | Francis Crick -British researcher |
| 1918 | Robert Preston- American film actor |
| 1921 | Alexis Smith-Canadian film actress |
| 1924 | George Kirby -American comedian |
| 1929 | Jerry Stiller – Actor, comedian (“The King of Queens,” “Seinfeld”) |
| 1930 | Dana Wynter -Actress |
| 1933 | Joan Rivers – Television personality |
| 1934 | Millicent Martin -English actress |
| 1936 | James Darren-Television Actor |
| 1939 | Bernie Casey -American actor |
| 1940 | Nancy Sinatra – Singer |
| 1942 | Chuck Negron – Musician (Three Dog Night) |
| 1943 | Willie Davenport -American bobsledder |
| 1944 | Don Grady-American actor Boz Scaggs – Singer |
| 1947 | Sara Paretsky -American author Mick Box – Musician (Uriah Heep) |
| 1950 | Sonia Braga – Actress Kathy Baker – Actress |
| 1951 | Tony Rice -American guitaris |
| 1953 | Bonnie Tyler-Singer |
| 1955 | Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee – Inventor of the World Wide Web Griffin Dunne – Actor, director |
| 1956 | Russell Christian – Musician (The Christians |
| 1958 | Keenan Ivory Wayans – Actor, director |
| 1960 | Mick ‘Red’ Hucknall – Musician (Simply Red) |
| 1962 | Nick Rhodes – Musician (Duran Duran) |
| 1965 | Robert Pilatus – Musician (Milli Vanilli) |
| 1966 | Doris Pearson – Musician (Five Star) |
| 1967 | Dan Futterman – Actor, screenwriter Julianna Margulies – Actress (“The Good Wife,” “ER”) Neil Mitchell – Musician (Wet Wet Wet) |
| 1970 | Kelli Williams – Actress (“The Practice”) Nicci Gilbert – Musician (Brownstone) |
| 1971 | Mark Feuerstein – Actor |
| 1976 | Lindsay Davenport – Tennis player |
| 1977 | Kanye Omari West – Singer, rapper |
| 1979 | Derek Trucks – Musician |
| 1981 | Sara Watkins – Musician (Nickel Creek) |
| 1983 | Kim Clijsters – Tennis player |
 What happened in India Today in History on June 8
After listing out the Today Famous Birthdays, now we are providing the information of What happened in India Today in History on June 8. Many events are occurred on this day in History. The Historical facts that are important and occurred in India on June 8th are listed below. The famous Historic events, famous peoples births, and deaths that are occurred in India on June 8th are listed in below table. The list of Today in History on June 8 in the below table are listed in Chronological Order.
Today in History on June 8 | |
| 1897 | Â Bengali story writer, and novelist, Manindra Nath Basu was born. |
| 1906 | A cricketer, Syed Nazir Ali(brother of Wazir Ali, India’s 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 1915 | 1915 Lokmanya Tilak written Geeta Rahasya’, published. 1915 A Malayalam story writer and novelist, P.C.Kuttikrishnan ‘Uroob’ was born. |
| 1929 | A cricketer, Venkatappa Musandra Muddaiah was born in Bangalore. |
| 1936 | In 1958, Akashwani Radio was changed into All India Radio (AIR). |
| 1968 | Â The famous singer of Karnataka Gharana, Madurai Mani Iyer passed away. |
| 1990 | Nepal PM, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and his Indian counterpart V.P.Singh decide to restore normal ties. |
| 1992 | 1992- In the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections, 55-60% polling takes place. 1992- Including Harshad Mehta, Assets of 31 persons attached. |
| 1997 |  Assam Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati. |
| 1998 | Nigerian President, Sani Abacha, 54 died in Abuja of a heart attack. |
| 1999 | Â Paes-Bhupathi as No.1 ranked doubles team is announced by ATP. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively. |
| 2000 | In three states (A.P, Karnataka, and Goa), bomb blasts rock churches. |
