EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
June 8
Monday, June 8, 2026
Day 158 of 2026 | Week 24 | 201 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information.
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.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station.
The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
GP Express Airlines Flight 861 crashes on approach to Anniston Regional Airport in Anniston, Alabama, killing three.
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
Homosexuality is decriminalized in the Australian state of New South Wales.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American actor (Captain America: The Winter Soldier
American athlete who held 400m WR 43.29s 1988-99; Olympic gold 4x400m relay
Greek pop singer ("To Kati")
American baseball pitcher (Texas Rangers)
English singer-songwriter (Simply Red - "Hodling Back the Years"
American comedian (In Living Color)
American baseball pitcher (World Series 1979
American cartoonist (Dilbert) and author
American classical and jazz pianist and composer
American punk rock guitarist
American keyboardist and vocalist (The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever")
English rock singer (Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods")
Ukrainian-Russian deputy finance minister of Russia
British couturier and fashion designer for European royals
American bluegrass guitarist (J.D. Crowe and the New South)
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