June 8
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[edit] Events
- 1861 - American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
- 1941 - World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
- 1949 - Such celebrities as Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
- 1967 - Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
- 1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1986 - Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
[edit] Births
- 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
- 1924 - Lyn Nofziger, American political operative (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States
- 1943 - William Calley, American war criminal
[edit] Deaths
- 632 - Muhammad, Prophet of Islam (b. 570)
- 1809 - Thomas Paine, American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737)
- 1845 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
