June 8 452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun.
June 8 793
Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted
as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
June 8 1776 American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois Rivières.
June 8 1861 American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
June 8 1862
American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under
General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a
Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
June 8 1940
World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of
Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
June 8 1941
World War II: The Allies commence the Syria Lebanon Campaign against
the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.June 8 1942 World War
II: The Japanese imperial submarines I 21 and I 24 shell the Australian
cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
June 8 1943 World War II: The two day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins.
June 8 1953 An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
June 8 1953
The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John
R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to
serve black patrons.
June 8 1959 The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
June 8 1966
An F 104 Starfighter collides with XB 70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2,
destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force
Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United
States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
June 8 1967 Six Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
June 8 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 down a road, in what would become
an iconic, Pulitzer Prize winning photo.
June 8 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.
June 8 2014 At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.
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