Milestones for June 8

1815 Frankfurt, Germany

Group of 39 German states unite under the Act of Confederation, a union of German states provided for at the Congress of Vienna to replace the old Holy Roman Empire, destroyed during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; a loose union to guarantee mutual defense and the independence of member states; certain princes exempt - the king of England, as king of Hanover; the king of the Netherlands, as duke of Luxembourg; and the King of Denmark, as duke of Holstein and Lauenburg; lasted until the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, and the founding of the North German Confederation under Prussian leadership.

1869 Washington DC

Ives W. McGaffney of Chicago patents the world's first suction-principle vacuum cleaner.

1966 Dallas, Texas

Founding of NFL 2, a merger between the National Football League and the American Football League; the two leagues agree to combine to form an expanded league with 24 teams, to be increased to 26 in 1968 and to 28 by 1970; all existing franchises to be retained, and no franchises transferred outside their metropolitan areas; also agreed to play an annual AFL-NFL World Championship Game beginning in January, 1967 the Super Bowl - and to hold a combined draft, also beginning in 1967; Pete Rozelle later named Commissioner of the expanded league setup; the NFL & AFL became the NFC & AFC in 1970.

1979 USA

The Source goes online on USENET, the decentralized news group network created by Steve Bellovin, a graduate student at University of North Carolina, and programmers Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis; world's first public computer information service, based on new UUCP protocols; an ancestor of the Internet.

Other Events

0065 06 08 Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem
0068 06 08 Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba
0452 06 08 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
0536 06 08 St Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0570 06 08 Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca
0793 06 08 Vikings plunder St Cuthbert convent Lindisfarne
0979 06 08 Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France
1551 06 08 Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma
1624 06 08 Earthquake strikes Peru
1632 06 08 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard
1663 06 08 Battle at Amegical: English & Portugese fleet beats Spanish
1694 06 08 English troop landing at Brest attack (300 killed)
1761 06 08 British fleet occupies Belle Britain
1783 06 08 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
1786 06 08 Commercially made ice cream first advertised (Mr Hall, NYC)
1815 06 08 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation
1824 06 08 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
1829 06 08 First UK municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool
1834 06 08 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn
1846 06 08 Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu
1856 06 08 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
1861 06 08 People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union
1861 06 08 US Sanitary Commission is given executive approval
1862 06 08 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia
1865 06 08 Tristanderl und Zsholde, premieres
1869 06 08 Ives W McGaffey of Chicago patents first vacuum cleaner (it sucks)
1872 06 08 Congress endorses penny post card
1878 06 08 12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43«
1882 06 08 16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43
1886 06 08 First Civil Rights Act passes
1889 06 08 Cable Cars begin service in LA
1889 06 08 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure Boscombe Valley Mystery (BG)
1892 06 08 Homer A Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy v Ferguson)
1896 06 08 First car is stolen
1900 06 08 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of 6 Napoleons (BG)
1911 06 08 Belgium govt of Schollaert falls
1914 06 08 34.7øF (1.5øC) in De Bilt, Netherlands
1915 06 08 92øF (33.3øC) in De Bilt, Netherlands
1915 06 08 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
1917 06 08 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
1918 06 08 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered
1920 06 08 Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game
1921 06 08 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, & held in jail until 4 PM
1927 06 08 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11
1928 06 08 First US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1929 06 08 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
1929 06 08 Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaçao kidnap governor Fruytier
1931 06 08 Duke & Duchess of Kent wed
1931 06 08 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo
1933 06 08 A's Jimmie Foxx homers his first 3 at bats for 4 consecutive HRs
1935 06 08 39th US Golf Open: Sam Parks Jr shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA
1935 06 08 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6
1935 06 08 Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds & leaves the game
1936 06 08 First parking meters are invented
1937 06 08 World's largest flower blooms in NY Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily
1939 06 08 British king George VI visits US
1940 06 08 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6
1940 06 08 Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced
1940 06 08 Last British troops leave Narvik Norway
1941 06 08 English & French troop overthrow pro-German Syria
1942 06 08 Bing Cosby records Silent Night
1944 06 08 First SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy
1944 06 08 Allies occupy Port-and-Bessin Normandy
1944 06 08 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested
1944 06 08 Gen Montgomery lands in Normandy, forms HQ in Chƒteau de Creully
1946 06 08 Lute Song closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 142 performances
1946 06 08 Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia
1948 06 08 Milton Berle Show premieres on NBC TV
1948 06 08 Sally closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 36 performances
1948 06 08 John Rudder becomes first negro commissioned officer in US marines
1949 06 08 Siam changes name to Thailand
1950 06 08 Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
1950 06 08 Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier
1950 06 08 Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 first inn) v England
1952 06 08 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open
1953 06 08 Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113
1953 06 08 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
1953 06 08 Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich & Ohio
1955 06 08 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax
1956 06 08 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore govt
1956 06 08 WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 06 08 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1959 06 08 First official missile mail lands (Jacksonville, Fla)
1959 06 08 X-15 makes first unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
1960 06 08 First date in James Clavell's novel Nobel House
1960 06 08 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1961 06 08 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley
1961 06 08 Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v Eng at Edgbaston, 57
1961 06 08 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
1962 06 08 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
1963 06 08 Mr President closes at St James Theater NYC after 265 performances
1963 06 08 95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2
1963 06 08 American Heart Assn is first agency to campaign against cigarettes
1965 06 08 A's draft Rick Monday #1
1965 06 08 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1965 06 08 USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
1966 06 08 NFL & AFL announce plans to become NFC & AFC in 1970
1967 06 08 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen
1968 06 08 First reduced-gravity golf game is played on the Moon
1968 06 08 Bermuda adopts its constitution
1968 06 08 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning
1968 06 08 Gary Puckett & Union Gap release Lady Will Power
1968 06 08 James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, captured
1968 06 08 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
1968 06 08 Rolling Stones release Jumpin' Jack Flash
1969 06 08 Smothers Brothers comedy Hour, last airs on CBS-TV
1969 06 08 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams & Susan St James
1969 06 08 Brian Jones leaves The Rolling Stones
1969 06 08 General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar
1969 06 08 KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 06 08 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG)
1969 06 08 Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August
1969 06 08 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones
1969 06 08 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1970 06 08 Players & management end labor dispute up min salary to $12,000
1971 06 08 North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam
1971 06 08 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign
1972 06 08 Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2
1972 06 08 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)
1973 06 08 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain
1974 06 08 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2
1974 06 08 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group Yes
1974 06 08 US & Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract
1975 06 08 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35
1975 06 08 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
1975 06 08 USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing
1976 06 08 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1
1977 06 08 Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game
1978 06 08 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification
1978 06 08 Braves draft Bob Horner #1
1978 06 08 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes Mormon Will is a forgery
1979 06 08 The Source, first computer public information service, goes on-line
1979 06 08 Mariners draft Al Chambers #1
1979 06 08 Wings release Back to the Egg album
1980 06 08 It's So Nice to Be Civilized closes at Martin Beck NYC after 8 perfs
1980 06 08 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little
1980 06 08 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God & Evita win
1980 06 08 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63)
1981 06 08 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters
1981 06 08 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1
1982 06 08 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2
1982 06 08 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
1982 06 08 Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time
1982 06 08 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament
1983 06 08 Trading Places, Ghostbusters, & Gremlins, premieres
1983 06 08 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr nonstop cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1983 06 08 Marlies G”hr runs female European record 100m (10.81)
1985 06 08 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27
1985 06 08 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes first Phillie to switch hit HRs in same game
1986 06 08 Big Deal closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 70 performances
1986 06 08 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2
1986 06 08 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64)
1986 06 08 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected pres of Austria
1986 06 08 Juli Inkster wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1986 06 08 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Balt Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
1987 06 08 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
1987 06 08 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing
1988 06 08 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20%
1989 06 08 Pirates score 10 in first (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Phila if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster
1990 06 08 It's Garry Shandling's Show, last airs on Fox-TV
1990 06 08 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1991 06 08 Our Country's Good closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1991 06 08 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
1991 06 08 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64)
1991 06 08 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
1991 06 08 Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins first pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
1991 06 08 Victory parade held in Wash DC (Persian Gulf War)
1991 06 08 Warren Schutte, is first non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title
1992 06 08 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Garth Brooks
1992 06 08 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time
1992 06 08 Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria
1993 06 08 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns
1994 06 08 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia
1994 06 08 Mass murderer Joe Rifkind sentenced to 27 years
1995 06 08 Buttons on Broadway opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 40 perfs
1996 06 08 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96
1996 06 08 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108)
1996 06 08 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1996 06 08 Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire
1996 06 08 Lloyd & Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs v Essex
1996 06 08 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper
1997 06 08 Young Man From Atlanta closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 85 perfs
1997 06 08 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62)
1997 06 08 BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland
1997 06 08 Justin Leonard wins golf's Kemper Open at TPC at Avenel
1997 06 08 Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic
2004 06 08 Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs

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