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What happend on 8. June in History
In our data base we found 283 events happened on 8. June:
• 68: The Roman Senate proclaims Galba as emperor. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 632: Muhammad, Islamic prophet (b. 570) [category: Deaths]
• 793: Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England. [category: Events]
• 862: Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888) [category: Births]
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• 1042: Harthacanute, Danish-English king (b. 1018) [category: Deaths]
• 1042: Edward the Confessor becomes King of England, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. [category: Events]
• 1191: Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine) thus beginning his crusade. [category: Events]
• 1376: Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330) [category: Deaths]
• 1383: Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English crusader (b. 1338) [category: Deaths]
• 1384: Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) [category: Deaths]
• 1405: Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders. [category: Events]
• 1476: George Neville, English archbishop and statesman (b. 1432) [category: Deaths]
• 1505: Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470) [category: Deaths]
• 1552: Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1638) [category: Births]
• 1611: Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552) [category: Deaths]
• 1612: Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist and astronomer (d. 1712) [category: Births]
• 1628: Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
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• 1671: Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751) [category: Births]
• 1690: Siddi general Yadi Sakat, razes the Mazagon Fort in Mumbai. [category: Events]
• 1714: Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1724: John Smeaton, English engineer (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1727: August Hermann Francke, German minister (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1745: Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (d. 1818) [category: Births]
• 1757: Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1768: Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. [category: Events]
• 1783: The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine. [category: Events]
• 1789: James Madison introduces 12 proposed amendments to the US 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. [category: Events]
• 1794: Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France. [category: Events]
• 1795: Louis XVII of France (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Thomas Paine, English-American author and pamphleteer (b. 1737) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: Robert Schumann, German composer (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1829: John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1831: Thomas J. Higgins, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1835: Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: John Q. A. Brackett, American politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1845: Andrew Jackson, American politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
• 1847: Ida Saxton McKinley, American wife of William McKinley, 25th First Lady of the United States (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1851: Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1854: Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1855: George Charles Haité, English designer, painter, and illustrator (d.1924) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1857: Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and satirist (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1860: Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1867: Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designer, writer, and educator, designed the Fallingwater (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1872: Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1874: Cochise, Native American chief (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1876: Alexandre Tuffère, French-Greek athlete (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1876: George Sand, French author (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Karl Genzken, German Nazi physician (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1885: Ignace Bourget, French-Canadian priest and bishop (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1887: Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' – his punched card calculator. [category: Events]
• 1889: Gerard Manley Hopkins, English Poet (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1897: John G. Bennett, English scientist and author (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1901: Lena Baker, American maid and murderer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1903: Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ralph Yarborough, American politician(d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1910: Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1910: John W. Campbell, American publisher and editor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1911: Edmundo Rivero, Argentine singer and composer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1912: Harry Holtzman, American artist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1912: Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1912: Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures. [category: Events]
• 1916: Francis Crick, English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1916: Luigi Comencini, Italian director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: Byron White, American football player and politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: George Edward Hughes, British philosopher and logician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1918: John D. Roberts, American chemist [category: Births]
• 1918: Robert Preston, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1920: Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1921: Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1921: Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1921: LeRoy Neiman, American painter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Malcolm Boyd, American priest and author [category: Births]
• 1924: Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and author, (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: George Leigh Mallory, English mountaineer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States [category: Births]
• 1925: Del Ennis, American baseball player (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1925: Eddie Gaedel, American baseball player (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1927: Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern peace"). [category: Events]
• 1929: Gastone Moschin, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1930: Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, Hungarian monk (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Marcel Léger, Canadian politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1930: Robert Aumann, German-Israeli mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1931: Dana Wynter, German-American actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and author [category: Births]
• 1933: Rommie Loudd, American football player, coach, and executive (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1934: Millicent Martin, English actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1936: James Darren, American actor, singer, and director [category: Births]
• 1936: Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1939: Bernie Casey, American football player and actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Arthur Elgort, American photographer [category: Births]
• 1940: Jim Wickwire, American attorney and mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1940: Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Fuzzy Haskins, American singer, musician, and producer (The Parliaments and P-Funk) [category: Births]
• 1941: Robert Bradford, Irish politician (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon. [category: Events]
• 1942: Chuck Negron, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Three Dog Night) [category: Births]
• 1942: Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player [category: Births]
• 1942: Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. [category: Events]
• 1943: Colin Baker, English actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Peter Eggert, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1943: William Calley, American convicted war criminal [category: Births]
• 1943: Willie Davenport, American athlete (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1944: Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter (Renaissance and Nevada) [category: Births]
• 1944: Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band) [category: Births]
• 1944: Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal [category: Births]
• 1944: Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1945: Karl Hanke, German Nazi official (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Alan Scarfe, English-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1947: Sara Paretsky, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater. [category: Events]
• 1949: Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator [category: Births]
• 1949: Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1949: George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. [category: Events]
• 1950: Kathy Baker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history. [category: Events]
• 1951: Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer [category: Births]
• 1951: Tony Rice, American guitarist and songwriter (David Grisman Quintet and Bluegrass Album Band) [category: Births]
• 1951: Eugène Fiset, Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1953: Ivo Sanader, Croatian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia [category: Births]
• 1953: Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1953: Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115. [category: Events]
• 1953: The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons. [category: Events]
• 1954: Greg Ginn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Black Flag, Gone, Mojack, and Confront James) [category: Births]
• 1954: Marios Tokas, Greek-Cypriot composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1954: Sergei Storchak, Russian deputy finance minister [category: Births]
• 1955: Griffin Dunne, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist and engineer, invented the World Wide Web [category: Births]
• 1956: Udo Bullmann, German politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Marie Laurencin, French painter (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Don Robinson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Scott Adams, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1958: Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1959: The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. [category: Events]
• 1960: Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter and musician (Simply Red and Faces) [category: Births]
• 1960: Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1962: Andreas Keim, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: John Gibbons, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Kristine W, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1962: Nick Rhodes, English keyboardist and producer (Duran Duran, Arcadia, and The Devils) [category: Births]
• 1963: Frank Grillo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Katy Garbi, Greek singer, actress, and producer [category: Births]
• 1964: Butch Reynolds, American runner [category: Births]
• 1965: Kevin Farley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Rob Pilatus, German-American singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli, Rob & Fab, and Empire Bizarre) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1965: Tatanka, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1965: Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Doris Pearson, English singer-songwriter and choreographer (Five Star) [category: Births]
• 1966: Julianna Margulies, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2 destroying both planes during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross are both killed. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1967: Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs. [category: Events]
• 1967: Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. [category: Events]
• 1968: Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Robert F. Kennedy's funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. [category: Events]
• 1969: David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: J.P. Manoux, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Marcos Siega, American director [category: Births]
• 1969: Robert Taylor, American actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Gabrielle Giffords, American politician [category: Births]
• 1970: Kelli Williams, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Kwame Kilpatrick, American politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit [category: Births]
• 1970: Seu Jorge, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Teresa Strasser, American writer and television host [category: Births]
• 1970: Troy Vincent, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Mark Feuerstein, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Troy Duffy, American director, screenwriter, and musician [category: Births]
• 1972: Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Jimmy Rushing, American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils) (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc running down a road after being burned by napalm. [category: Events]
• 1973: Bryant Reeves, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Lexa Doig, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Shappi Khorsandi, Iranian comedian [category: Births]
• 1975: Bryan McCabe, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Trish Goff, American model [category: Births]
• 1977: Kanye West, American rapper, songwriter, producer, director, and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1978: Eun Ji Won, South Korean rapper, producer, and dancer (Sechs Kies) [category: Births]
• 1978: Maria Menounos, American journalist and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Derek Trucks, American guitarist and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, The Derek Trucks Band, and Tedeschi Trucks Band) [category: Births]
• 1979: Pete Orr, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Calling) [category: Births]
• 1981: Jess Weixler, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (Nickel Creek, The Decemberists, and Works Progress Administration) [category: Births]
• 1982: Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model [category: Births]
• 1982: Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1983: Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1983: Lee Harding, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Mamoru Miyano, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Andrea Casiraghi, French son of Caroline, Princess of Hanover [category: Births]
• 1984: Javier Mascherano, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gordon Jacob, English composer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales. [category: Events]
• 1985: Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver [category: Births]
• 1986: Patrick Kaleta, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Coralie Balmy, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1987: Danielle Foote, Australian singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Alexander Iolas, Greek-American gallery owner and art collector (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 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 [category: Events]
• 1989: Christina Broccolini, Canadian actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1989: Richard Fleeshman, English singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player [category: Births]
• 1990: Alexander Yakin, Russian actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Mickey Bushell, English paralympic athlete [category: Births]
• 1992: Atef Bseiso, PLO head of intelligence (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1993: Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Nick Benson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. [category: Events]
• 1997: George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and educator (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Sani Abacha, Nigerian military dictator and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Charles Hyder, American Astrophysicist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882. [category: Events]
• 2006: Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kenny Olsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Richard Rorty, American American philosopher (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Šaban Bajramović, Serbian-Romani singer-songwriter (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Johnny Palermo, American actor (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Omar Bongo, Gabonese politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Andreas Voutsinas, Greek actor and director (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comoran terrorist (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Cady, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, politician, and academic (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ivan Lessa, Brazilian journalist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: K. S. R. Das, Indian director (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nikolai Petrovich Ivanov, Russian rower (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• _: Bounty Day (Norfolk Island) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Chlodulf of Metz [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Queen's Birthday can fall, while June 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in June. (Australia, except Western Australia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Medard [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: William of York [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Brain Tumor Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Oceans Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]