History for June 8

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Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625, Frank Lloyd Wright 1867, Francis Crick 1916 


Robert Preston 1918, Barbara Bush 1925 - Wife of President George H.W. Bush, Joan Rivers 1933 - Television personality 


James Darren 1936, Nancy Sinatra 1940 - Singer, Kathy Baker 1950 - Actress 

0452 - Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun. 


0793 - The Vikings raided the Northumbrian coast of England. 


1869 - Ives W. McGaffey received a U.S. patent for the suction vacuum cleaner. 


1872 - The penny postcard was authorized by the U.S. Congress. 


1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania. 


1947 - "Lassie Show" debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute show. 



1967 - Israeli airplanes attacked the USS Liberty in the Mediterranean during the 6-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors. 34 U.S. Navy crewmen were killed. Israel later called the incident a tragic mistake due to the mis-identification of the ship. The U.S. has never publicly investigated the incident. 


1995 - U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was rescued by U.S. Marines after surviving alone in Bosnia after his F-16 fighter was shot down on June 2. 


1998 - The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston to be its president.