8 Juin
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The 8t o Juin is the 159t day o the year (160t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 206 days ti come.
Events
- 1783 - The volcanae Laki, in Iceland, begins an aicht-month eruption which kills ower 9,000 fowk an stairts a seiven-year faimin.
- 1861 - Tennessee secedes frae the Unitit States.
- 1867 - Franz Joseph I o Austrick is crouned King o Hungary.
- 1929 - Margaret Bondfield becomes the first female cabinet meenister in the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1953 - A tornado in the US state o Michigan kills 116 fowk.
- 1958 - The 1958 FIFA Warld Cup stairts: Hosts Swaden defeat Mexico 3-0 in the openin gemme.
- 1972 - Vietnam War: A photograph is taken o Phan Thi Kim Phuc, a girl badly burnt in a napalm attack.
- 1990 - The 1990 FIFA Warld Cup in Italy stairts.
- 1996 - The UEFA European Championship in Ingland stairts.
- 2003 - A referendum in Poland on European Union membership results in a majority (77%) votin in favour.
- 2004 - The first transit o Venus in ower a century takes place.
- 2012 - UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland an Ukraine stairts: Co-hosts Poland draw 1-1 wi Greece in the openin gemme.
- 2017 - Unitit Kinrick general election, 2017: Theresa May's Conservatives lose thair overaw majority despite gains in Scotland; Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Pairty performs better nor expectit across the kintra; The Scots Naitional Pairty retains its status as the lairgest Scots pairty despite the loss o 21 seats.
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The nummer o recordit cases warldwide passes 7 million.
Births
- 1625 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer (d. 1712)
- 1772 - Robert Stevenson, Scots ceevil ingineer (d. 1850)
- 1810 - Robert Schumann, German componer (d. 1856)
- 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American airchitect (d. 1959)
- 1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-born French-American novelist (d. 1987)
- 1916 - Francis Crick, Inglis biologist (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell o Croy, Scots politeecian (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Suharto, 2nt Preses o Indonesie (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Barbara Bush, First Lady o the Unitit States (d. 2018)
- 1932 - Hugh McLeod, Scots rugby union player (d. 2014)
- 1933 - Joan Rivers, American actress an comedienne (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Kenneth G. Wilson, American theoretical pheesicist (d. 2013)
- 1940 - Nancy Sinatra, American actress an sangster
- 1943 - Colin Baker, Inglis actor
- 1951 - Bonnie Tyler, Welsh sangster
- 1955 - Tim Berners-Lee, Inglis internet pioneer
- 1969 - George Adam, Scots politeecian
- 1970 - Gabrielle Giffords, American politeecian
- 1975 - Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
- 1976 - Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
- 1977 - Kanye West, American rapper an actor
- 1982 - Kelly Brown, Scots rugby union player
- 1982 - Nadia Petrova, Roushie tennis player
- 1983 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
- 1984 - Javier Mascherano, Argentine fitbawer
- 1997 - Jelena Ostapenko, Latvie tennis player
Daiths
- 632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet (b. 570)
- 1042 – Harthacnut, Dens-Inglis King (b. 1018)
- 1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, Prince o Wales (b. 1330)
- 1501 – George Gordon, 2nt Yerl o Huntly, Scots nobleman
- 1505 – Hongzhi Emperor o Cheenae (b. 1470)
- 1795 – Louis XVII o Fraunce (b. 1785)
- 1845 – Andrew Jackson, 7t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1867)
- 1876 – George Sand, French writer (b. 1804)
- 1882 – John Scott Russell, Scots ceevil ingineer, naval airchitect an shipbigger (b. 1808)
- 1913 – Emily Davison, Inglis suffragette (b. 1872)
- 1924 – George Mallory, Inglis mountaineer (b. 1886)
- 1924 – Andrew Irvine, Inglis mountaineer (b. 1902)
- 2009 – Omar Bongo, Preses o Gabon (b. 1935)
- 2018 – Anthony Bourdain, American chef (b. 1956)
- 2019 – Andre Matos, Brazilian muisicker (b. 1971)
- 2020 – Pierre Nkurunziza, Preses o Burundi (b. 1964)
Halidays
- Warld Oceans Day
- Engineers' Day (Peru)
- Bounty Day (Norfolk Island)
- Primoz Trubar Day (Slovenie)