Summary of the Day ✨ 8 June (08/06)
Former US President Donald Trump faces federal charges for misusing classified information while Australia’s Newcastle endures its worst storms in 30 years, causing nine fatalities and grounding the MV Pasha Bulker ship. Space Shuttle Atlantis launches to deliver critical components to the International Space Station as astronomers observe a rare Venus Transit and Japan reels from a deadly elementary school stabbing that leaves eight dead and fifteen injured.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.
- 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.
- 2007: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.
- 2004: The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
- 2001: Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
- 1995: Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O’Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
- 1992: The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 1992: GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.
- 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 decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1982: VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people.
- 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.
- 1968: James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at London Heathrow Airport.
Famous Births 👶
- 2004: Francesca Capaldi, American actress
- 1997: Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
- 1995: Ferland Mendy, French footballer
- 1994: Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler
- 1989: Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
- 1986: Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor
- 1984: Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1983: Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.
- 1982: Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
- 1981: Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author (died 2019)
- 1978: Maria Menounos, American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress
- 1977: Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer
- 1976: Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
- 1975: Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportcaster
- 1974: Lauren Burns, Australian taekwondo practitioner
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Ramoji Rao, Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (born 1936)
- 2024: Chet Walker, American basketball player (born 1940)
- 2023: Pat Robertson, American televangelist (born 1930)
- 2022: Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)
- 2019: Andre Matos, Brazilian heavy metal musician (born 1971)
- 2018: Anthony Bourdain, American chef and travel documentarian (born 1956)
- 2015: Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (born 1932)
- 2014: Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (born 1903)
- 2014: Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (born 1948)
- 2013: Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1948)
- 2013: Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (born 1930)
- 2013: Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (born 1942)
- 2012: Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1940)
- 2012: Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (born 1926)
- 2010: Denise Narcisse-Mair, Canadian musician (born 1940)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering) - Christian feast day:
Chlodulf of Metz - Christian feast day:
Jacques Berthieu, S.J. - Christian feast day:
Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Poland - Christian feast day:
Medard - Christian feast day:
Melania the Elder - Christian feast day:
Roland Allen (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Thomas Ken (Church of England) - Christian feast day:
William of York - Christian feast day:
June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - First Indochina War day (France)
- Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
- Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- Engineer’s Day (Peru)
- Primož Trubar Day (Slovenia)