History for June 8

History for June 8 - On-This-Day.com
Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625, Frank Lloyd Wright 1867, Francis Crick 1916


Barbara Bush 1925 - Wife of President George H.W. Bush, Joan Rivers 1933 - Television personality, Scott Adams 1957 - Cartoonist (Dilbert)


0452 - Italy was invaded by Attila the Hun.


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.


1904 - U.S. Marines landed in Tangiers, Morocco, to protect U.S. citizens.


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.


1996 - China set off an underground nuclear test blast.


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