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June 8th


- Lindisfarne Day, commemorating the Viking raid on Lindisfarne in . (Germanic Neopaganism)
- Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
- Christian Feast Day
- Province Day (Temotu Province)
- The second day of the Vestalia. (Roman Empire)
- World Brain Tumor Day
- World Oceans Day (International)

June 8th


- 2008 - The Akihabara massacre takes place in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Kat? drives a two-ton truck into a crowd before leaving the truck and attacking people with a knife.
- 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 trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
- 2004 - The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in .
- 1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
- 1995 - The first release of the PHP programming language is released by Rasmus Lerdorf.
- 1992 - The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 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
- 1984 - Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
- 1982 - Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships : RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
- 1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1967 - Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
- 1966 - One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.
- 1966 - Topeka, Kansas is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
- 1959 - The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
- 1953 - Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.
- 1953 - The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
- 1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
- 1949 - Celebrities 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.
- 1948 - Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.
- 1942 - World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
- 1941 - World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
- 1928 - Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing.
- 1912 - Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
- 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.
- 1887 - Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
- 1856 - A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
- 1789 - James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment.
- 1783 - The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
- 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
- 1690 - Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai.
- 1405 - Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
- 1191 - Richard I arrives in Acre (Israel) thus beginning his crusade.
- 793 - Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.
- 218 - Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats with support of the Syrian legions the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
- 68 - The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor.

June 8th


- 1987 - Coralie Balmy, French swimmer
- 1986 - Patrick Kaleta, American hockey player
- 1985 - Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver
- 1984 - Andrea Casiraghi, Monagasque royalty
- 1984 - Javier Mascherano, Argentine footballer
- 1983 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
- 1983 - Lee Harding, Australian punk rock singer
- 1983 - Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer
- 1983 - Mamoru Miyano, Japanese voice actor
- 1982 - Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player
- 1982 - Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
- 1982 - Irina Lazareanu, Romanian/Canadian model
- 1982 - Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
- 1982 - Michael Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player
- 1981 - Jess Weixler, American actress
- 1981 - Alex Band, American singer (The Calling)
- 1981 - Matteo Meneghello, Italian racing driver
- 1981 - Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actor
- 1981 - Sara Watkins, American fiddler
- 1979 - Pete Orr, Canadian baseball player
- 1979 - Derek Trucks, American guitarist
- 1979 - Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player
- 1978 - Eun Ji Won, South Korean rapper (Sechs Kies)
- 1978 - Maria Menounos, American actress and television host
- 1977 - Kanye West, American rapper
- 1976 - Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
- 1976 - Trish Goff, American model
- 1976 - Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
- 1975 - Bryan McCabe, Canadian hockey player
- 1975 - Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
- 1973 - Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
- 1973 - Bryant Reeves, American basketball player
- 1973 - Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress
- 1972 - Troy Duffy, American director (The Boondock Saints)
- 1972 - Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer
- 1971 - Mark Feuerstein, American actor
- 1970 - Gabrielle Giffords, American politician
- 1970 - Teresa Strasser, American Morning Radio Host
- 1970 - Seu Jorge, Brazilian musician and actor
- 1970 - Kelli Williams, American actress
- 1970 - Troy Vincent, American footballer
- 1969 - J.P. Manoux, American actor
- 1969 - Marcos Siega, American director
- 1969 - David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
- 1968 - Rob Ray, Canadian hockey player
- 1966 - Julianna Margulies, American actress
- 1966 - Doris Pearson, singer (Five Star)
- 1965 - Kevin Farley, American actor
- 1965 - Rob Pilatus, German-American singer and dancer (d. 1998)
- 1965 - Chris Chavis, American professional wrestler
- 1964 - Butch Reynolds, American former 400m runner
- 1963 - Keti Garbi, Greek singer
- 1962 - John Gibbons, American Baseball Player/Manager
- 1962 - Nick Rhodes, English musician (Duran Duran)
- 1962 - Kristine W, American musician
- 1960 - Mick Hucknall, English singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
- 1960 - Thomas Steen, Swedish hockey player
- 1958 - Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor and director
- 1957 - Scott Adams, American cartoonist
- 1957 - Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
- 1957 - Don Robinson, American baseball player
- 1956 - Udo Bullmann, German politician
- 1955 - Tim Berners-Lee, English internet developer
- 1955 - Griffin Dunne, American actor
- 1955 - Greg Ginn, American guitarist (Black Flag)
- 1954 - Sergei Storchak, Russian deputy finance minister
- 1953 - Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- 1953 - Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
- 1951 - Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer and guitarist
- 1951 - Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist
- 1950 - Kathy Baker, American actress
- 1950 - Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
- 1949 - Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist
- 1949 - Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1947 - Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1946 - Alan Scarfe, British-born Canadian actor
- 1944 - Annie Haslam, English painter and singer (Renaissance)
- 1944 - Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City
- 1944 - Boz Scaggs, American singer and songwriter
- 1944 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1943 - Colin Baker, British actor
- 1943 - William Calley, American war criminal
- 1943 - Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002)
- 1943 - Peter Eggert, German footballer
- 1942 - Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician
- 1942 - Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
- 1942 - Chuck Negron, American singer (Three Dog Night)
- 1941 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician (d. 1981)
- 1941 - Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (P Funk)
- 1940 - Nancy Sinatra, American singer
- 1940 - Jim Wickwire, American mountaineer
- 1939 - Bernie Casey, American football player and actor
- 1936 - James Darren, American actor and singer
- 1936 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1934 - Millicent Martin, English singer and actress
- 1933 - Joan Rivers, American comedian and author
- 1931 - Dana Wynter, German-born American actress
- 1930 - Robert Aumann, German-born Israeli mathematician; Nobel laureate
- 1930 - Marcel Léger, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
- 1927 - Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor
- 1925 - Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States
- 1925 - Eddie Gaedel, American baseball player (d. 1961)
- 1925 - Del Ennis, baseball player (d. 1996)
- 1924 - Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (d. 2006)
- 1923 - Malcolm Boyd, American Episcopal Priest and author
- 1921 - LeRoy Neiman, American painter
- 1921 - Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (d. 1993)
- 1921 - Suharto, President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
- 1920 - Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (d. 1995)
- 1918 - Robert Preston, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1918 - John D. Roberts, American chemist
- 1917 - Byron White, American football player and Supreme Court Justice (d. 2002)
- 1916 - Francis Crick, English molecular biologist; Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
- 1916 - Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (d. 2007)
- 1912 - Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist (d. 1987)
- 1912 - Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
- 1911 - Edmundo Rivero, Argentine singer (d. 1986)
- 1910 - John W. Campbell, American publisher and editor (d. 1971)
- 1910 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003)
- 1903 - Ralph Yarborough, U.S. Senator from Texas (d. 1996)
- 1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)
- 1901 - Lena Baker, American murderer (d. 1945)
- 1897 - John G. Bennett, British scientist and author (d. 1974)
- 1885 - Karl Genzken, Nazi physician (d. 1957)
- 1872 - Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
- 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
- 1860 - Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (d. 1940)
- 1859 - Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947)
- 1855 - George Charles Haité, English designer, painter and illustrator (d.1924)
- 1854 - Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (d. 1921)
- 1851 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (d. 1940)
- 1847 - Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
- 1842 - John Q. A. Brackett, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
- 1831 - Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (d. 1917)
- 1810 - Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856)
- 1757 - Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)
- 1745 - Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (d. 1818)
- 1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)
- 1724 - John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1794)
- 1717 - John Collins, American politician (d. 1795)
- 1671 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
- 1625 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist and astronomer (d. 1712)