What are the important events that happened on June 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 8 is the 160th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 26, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,630,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 235 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,187 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 8 Historical Events
- 218 –Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats with support of the Syrian legions the forces of emperor Macrinus. He flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
- 1405 –Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV’s orders.
- 1789 –James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment.
- 1912 –Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
- 1950 –Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
- 1953 –The United States Supreme Court rules that Washington, D.C. restaurants could not refuse to serve black patrons.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc running down a road after being burned by napalm.
- 1984 –Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
- 1987 –New Zealand’s Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
- 1992 –The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Who were born on June 8?
- 1903 –Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)
- 1912 –Harry Holtzman, American abstract artist (d. 1987)
- 1923 –Malcolm Boyd, American Episcopal Priest and author
- 1933 –Joan Rivers, American comedian and author
- 1947 –Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1958 –Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor and director
- 1975 –Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
- 1982 –Michael Cammalleri, Canadian hockey player
- 1983 –Lee Harding, Australian punk rock singer
- 1987 –Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer
Who died on June 8?
- 1628 –Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
- 1727 –August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
- 1876 –George Sand, French author (b. 1804)
- 1966 –Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890)
- 1972 –Jimmy Rushing, American blues singer (b. 1901)
- 1984 –Gordon Jacob, English composer (b. 1895)
- 1998 –Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
- 2003 –Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
- 2004 –Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
- 2010 –Andreas Voutsinas Greek actor and theater director (b. 1932)
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