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TODAY IN HISTORY

June 8

Monday, June 8, 2026

Day 158 of 2026 | Week 24 | 201 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2023

Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.

2
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.

3
2007

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.

4
2004

The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.

5
2001

Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.

6
1995

Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

7
1992

The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

8
1992

GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.

9
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.

10
1984

Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1965 Frank Grillo

American actor (Captain America: The Winter Soldier

1964 Butch Reynolds

American athlete who held 400m WR 43.29s 1988-99; Olympic gold 4x400m relay

1961 Keti Garbi

Greek pop singer ("To Kati")

1961 Kevin Gross

American baseball pitcher (Texas Rangers)

1960 Mick Hucknall

English singer-songwriter (Simply Red - "Hodling Back the Years"

1958 Keenan Ivory Wayans

American comedian (In Living Color)

1957 Don Robinson

American baseball pitcher (World Series 1979

1957 Scott Adams

American cartoonist (Dilbert) and author

1956 Uri Caine

American classical and jazz pianist and composer

1955 Greg Ginn

American punk rock guitarist

1955 James Jonathan Sylvers

American keyboardist and vocalist (The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever")

1955 Jon King

English rock singer (Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods")

1954 Sergei Storchak

Ukrainian-Russian deputy finance minister of Russia

1952 Lindka Cierach

British couturier and fashion designer for European royals

1951 Tony Rice

American bluegrass guitarist (J.D. Crowe and the New South)

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