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 159^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 26, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,155,680 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 ‘hectapentacontaenneagon’ 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 254 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 4,552 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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.
• 1856 –
  A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
• 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.
• 1953 –
  Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado hits Flint, Michigan, and kills 115.
• 1959 –
  The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• 1966 –
  An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2 destroying both planes during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and United States Air Force test pilot Carl Cross are both killed.
• 1982 –
  Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships : RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
• 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
• 2004 –
  The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
• 2007 –
  Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State’s worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.

Who were born on June 8?

• 1925 –
  Del Ennis, baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1931 –
  Dana Wynter, German-born American actress (d. 2011)
• 1934 –
  Millicent Martin, English singer and actress
• 1944 –
  Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City
• 1947 –
  Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1947 –
  Sara Paretsky, American author
• 1966 –
  Doris Pearson, singer (Five Star)
• 1969 –
  David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
• 1976 –
  Trish Goff, American model
• 1981 –
  Sara Watkins, American fiddler

Who died on June 8?

• 1042 –
  Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018)
• 1612 –
  Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562)
• 1621 –
  Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
• 1845 –
  Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1969 –
  Robert Taylor, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1972 –
  Jimmy Rushing, American blues singer (b. 1901)
• 1993 –
  Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (b. 1945)
• 1997 –
  George Turner, Australian author (b. 1916)
• 1998 –
  Maria Reiche, German-born mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
• 2009 –
  Johnny Palermo American actor (b. 1982)