History for June 8
History for June 8 - On-This-Day.comScott Adams 1957 - Cartoonist (Dilbert) - 1790 - The first loan for the U.S. was repaid. The Temporary Loan of 1789 was negotiated and secured on September 18, 1789 by Alexander Hamilton.
- 1869 - Ives W. McGaffey received a U.S. patent for the suction vacuum cleaner.
- 1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated restaurants in Washington, DC.
- 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.
- 1996 - China set off an underground nuclear test blast.
- 1998 - The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston to be its president.
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