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June 8, 2003 Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards June 8, 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 85 performances June 8, 1997 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62) June 8, 1997 BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland June 8, 1997 Justin Leonard wins golf's Kemper Open at TPC at Avenel June 8, 1997 Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic June 8, 1996 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96 June 8, 1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108) June 8, 1996 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC June 8, 1996 Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire June 8, 1996 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex June 8, 1996 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper June 8, 1995 "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances June 8, 1994 7.8 earthquake strikes North Bolivia June 8, 1993 Premier Marc Bazin of Haiti resigns June 8, 1992 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks June 8, 1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time June 8, 1992 Thomas Klestil succeeds Waldheim as president of Austria June 8, 1991 "Our Country's Good" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 48 performances June 8, 1991 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28 June 8, 1991 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64) June 8, 1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 June 8, 1991 Former New York Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds June 8, 1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War June 8, 1991 Warren Schutte, is 1st non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title June 8, 1990 "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV June 8, 1990 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history June 8, 1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster June 8, 1988 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20% June 8, 1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis June 8, 1987 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing June 8, 1986 "Big Deal" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 70 performances June 8, 1986 40th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Hous Rockets, 4 games to 2 June 8, 1986 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64) June 8, 1986 Alleged Nazi Kurt Waldheim elected President of Austria June 8, 1986 Juli Inkster wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship June 8, 1986 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9 June 8, 1985 117th Belmont: Eddie Maple aboard Creme Fraiche wins in 2:27 June 8, 1985 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game June 8, 1983 "Trading Places," "Ghostbusters," and "Gremlins," premieres June 8, 1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal June 8, 1983 Marlies Gohr runs female European record 100m (10.81) June 8, 1982 36th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2 June 8, 1982 Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die June 8, 1982 Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time June 8, 1982 Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament June 8, 1981 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters June 8, 1981 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1 June 8, 1980 "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 8 performances June 8, 1980 26th LPGA Championship won by Sally Little June 8, 1980 34th Tony Awards: Children of a Lesser God and Evita win June 8, 1980 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63) June 8, 1979 "The Source," 1st computer public information service, goes on-line June 8, 1979 Mariners draft Al Chambers #1 June 8, 1979 Wings release "Back to the Egg" album June 8, 1978 51st National Spelling Bee: Peg McCarthy wins spelling deification June 8, 1978 Braves draft Bob Horner #1 June 8, 1978 Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes "Mormon Will" is a forgery June 8, 1977 Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game June 8, 1976 Houston Astros draft Floyd Bannister #1 June 8, 1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 June 8, 1975 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic June 8, 1975 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 9 for Venus landing June 8, 1974 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2 June 8, 1974 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes" June 8, 1974 U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract June 8, 1973 Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain June 8, 1972 Padres draft Dave Roberts #1, Indians draft Rick Manning #2 June 8, 1972 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) June 8, 1971 North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam June 8, 1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign June 8, 1970 Players and management end labor dispute up min salary to $12,000 June 8, 1969 "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV June 8, 1969 21st Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Don Adams and Susan St. James June 8, 1969 Brian Jones leaves The Rolling Stones June 8, 1969 General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar June 8, 1969 KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting June 8, 1969 Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG) June 8, 1969 Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August June 8, 1969 Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones June 8, 1969 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open June 8, 1968 Bermuda adopts its constitution June 8, 1968 Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning June 8, 1968 Gary Puckett and Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" June 8, 1968 James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, captured June 8, 1968 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted June 8, 1968 Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" June 8, 1967 Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 U.S. crewmen June 8, 1966 NFL and AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970 June 8, 1965 A's draft Rick Monday #1 June 8, 1965 U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam June 8, 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 6; missed Moon June 8, 1963 "Mr. President" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 265 performances June 8, 1963 95th Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:30.2 June 8, 1963 American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes June 8, 1962 Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8) June 8, 1961 English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley June 8, 1961 Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. Eng at Edgbaston, 57 June 8, 1961 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive home runs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas) June 8, 1960 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" June 8, 1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann June 8, 1959 1st official "missile mail" lands, Jacksonville, Florida June 8, 1959 X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m June 8, 1958 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright June 8, 1956 Lim Yem Hock forms Singapore government June 8, 1956 WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting June 8, 1955 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax June 8, 1953 Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 June 8, 1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court June 8, 1953 Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich and Ohio June 8, 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open June 8, 1950 Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) June 8, 1950 Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier June 8, 1950 Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin and Valentine (8-104 1st inn) vs. England June 8, 1949 Siam changes name to Thailand June 8, 1948 "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC TV June 8, 1948 "Sally" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances June 8, 1946 "Lute Song" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 142 performances June 8, 1946 Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia June 8, 1944 1st SS-Pantser corps counter attacks at Normandy June 8, 1944 Allies occupy Port-and-Bessin Normandy June 8, 1944 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested June 8, 1944 Gen Montgomery lands in Normandy, forms HQ in Chateau de Creully June 8, 1942 Bing Cosby records "Silent Night" June 8, 1941 English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria June 8, 1940 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6 June 8, 1940 Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced June 8, 1940 Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway June 8, 1939 British king George VI visits U.S. June 8, 1937 World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily June 8, 1936 1st parking meters are invented June 8, 1935 39th U.S. Golf Open: Sam Parks, Jr. shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA June 8, 1935 67th Belmont: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:30.6 June 8, 1935 Lou Gehrig collides with Carl Reynolds and leaves the game June 8, 1933 A's Jimmie Foxx homers his 1st 3 at bats for 4 consecutive HRs June 8, 1931 Duke and Duchess of Kent wed June 8, 1931 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo June 8, 1929 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8 June 8, 1929 Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaeao kidnap governor Fruytier June 8, 1928 1st U.S. to Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) June 8, 1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11 June 8, 1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM June 8, 1920 Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but ump ejects Roush for delay of game June 8, 1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered June 8, 1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School June 8, 1915 92 degrees F (33.3 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands June 8, 1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State June 8, 1914 34.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands June 8, 1911 Belgium government of Schollaert falls June 8, 1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons" June 8, 1892 Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson) June 8, 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery" June 8, 1886 1st Civil Rights Act passes June 8, 1882 16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43 June 8, 1878 12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43 June 8, 1872 Congress endorses penny post card June 8, 1869 Ives W. McGaffey of Chicago patents 1st vacuum cleaner June 8, 1865 Tristanderl und Zusholde, premieres June 8, 1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia June 8, 1861 People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union June 8, 1861 U.S. Sanitary Commission is given executive approval June 8, 1856 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island June 8, 1846 Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu June 8, 1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn June 8, 1829 1st U.K. municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool June 8, 1824 Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec June 8, 1815 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation June 8, 1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City June 8, 1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption June 8, 1761 British fleet occupies Belle Britain June 8, 1694 English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed June 8, 1663 Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish June 8, 1632 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard June 8, 1624 Earthquake strikes Peru June 8, 1551 Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma June 8, 979 Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France June 8, 793 Vikings plunder St. Cuthbert convent Lindisfarne June 8, 570 Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca June 8, 536 St. Silverius begins his reign as Catholic Pope June 8, 452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun June 8, 68 Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba June 8, 65 Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem |