June 8
632 - The prophet Muhammad died.
1845 - Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee.
1861 - Tennessee became the 11th and final state to secede from the Union during the Civil War.
1864 - President Abraham Lincoln was nominated for a second term in office at the Republican Party's convention in Baltimore.
1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse service to Blacks.
1967 - During the six-day Middle East war, 34 American servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean Sea. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)
1968 - James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested in London.
1978 - A jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
1982 - President Ronald Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain's Parliament.
1995 - U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.
2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the British polls.
2008 - The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time.
2009 - North Korea's highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years' hard labor for trespassing and "hostile acts." (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.)
2015 - Siding with the White House in a foreign-policy power struggle with Congress, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Americans born in the disputed city of Jerusalem could not list Israel as their birthplace on passports.
Birthdays
21 - Athing Mu (track and field athlete)
26 - Jelena Ostapenko (tennis player)
29 - Liv Morgan (professional wrestler)
39 - Torrey DeVitto (actress)
40 - Kim Clijsters (tennis player)
45 - Maria Menounos (TV host/actress)
46 - Kanye West (rapper)
47 - Lindsay Davenport (tennis player)
52 - Mark Feuerstein (actor)
53 - Kelli Williams (actress)
53 - Nicci Gilbert (singer)
53 - Kent Faulcon (actor)
54 - David Sutcliffe (actor)
56 - Dan Futterman (actor)
56 - Julianna Margulies (actress)
65 - Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor)
68 - Griffin Dunne (actor)
72 - Bonnie Tyler (singer)
73 - Kathy Baker (actress)
73 - Sonia Braga (actress)
79 - Boz Scaggs (musician)
83 - Nancy Sinatra (singer)
87 - James Darren (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 8
1934 - The Cincinnati Reds became the first Major League team to use an airplane to travel from one city to another. They flew from Cincinnati to Chicago.
1961 - The Milwaukee Braves set a major league baseball record with four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning.
1969 - The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's #7.
1977 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels records the fourth 19-strikeout game of his career.
1982 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the NBA championship.
1983 - Negro Baseball League star Satchel Paige died.
1986 - The Boston Celtics won their 16th NBA championship, defeating the Houston Rockets in six games.
2000 - The Dallas Stars and the New Jersey Devils played the NHL's longest scoreless game in Stanley Cup finals history. The fifth game of the series lasted 106 minutes and 21 seconds. The game ended with a goal by Mike Modano that allowed the Stars to play a game six back in Dallas.
2002 - The Detroit Red Wings and the Carolina Hurricanes began playing the third game of their Stanley Cup Finals. The game lasted until 14 minutes and 47 seconds of the third overtime. The game ended past 1 a.m. the next day and was the third-longest Stanley Cup finals game in NHL history.
2005 - Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 400 career home runs in a 12-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
2013 - Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4.
2018 - The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the NBA finals to complete a sweep; it was their second straight title and third in four years.
2022 - Olympian Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him.
632 - The prophet Muhammad died.
1845 - Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee.
1861 - Tennessee became the 11th and final state to secede from the Union during the Civil War.
1864 - President Abraham Lincoln was nominated for a second term in office at the Republican Party's convention in Baltimore.
1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse service to Blacks.
1967 - During the six-day Middle East war, 34 American servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean Sea. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)
1968 - James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested in London.
1978 - A jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
1982 - President Ronald Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain's Parliament.
1995 - U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady, whose F-16C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.
2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the British polls.
2008 - The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon for the first time.
2009 - North Korea's highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years' hard labor for trespassing and "hostile acts." (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.)
2015 - Siding with the White House in a foreign-policy power struggle with Congress, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Americans born in the disputed city of Jerusalem could not list Israel as their birthplace on passports.
Birthdays
21 - Athing Mu (track and field athlete)
26 - Jelena Ostapenko (tennis player)
29 - Liv Morgan (professional wrestler)
39 - Torrey DeVitto (actress)
40 - Kim Clijsters (tennis player)
45 - Maria Menounos (TV host/actress)
46 - Kanye West (rapper)
47 - Lindsay Davenport (tennis player)
52 - Mark Feuerstein (actor)
53 - Kelli Williams (actress)
53 - Nicci Gilbert (singer)
53 - Kent Faulcon (actor)
54 - David Sutcliffe (actor)
56 - Dan Futterman (actor)
56 - Julianna Margulies (actress)
65 - Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor)
68 - Griffin Dunne (actor)
72 - Bonnie Tyler (singer)
73 - Kathy Baker (actress)
73 - Sonia Braga (actress)
79 - Boz Scaggs (musician)
83 - Nancy Sinatra (singer)
87 - James Darren (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 8
1934 - The Cincinnati Reds became the first Major League team to use an airplane to travel from one city to another. They flew from Cincinnati to Chicago.
1961 - The Milwaukee Braves set a major league baseball record with four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning.
1969 - The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's #7.
1977 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels records the fourth 19-strikeout game of his career.
1982 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the NBA championship.
1983 - Negro Baseball League star Satchel Paige died.
1986 - The Boston Celtics won their 16th NBA championship, defeating the Houston Rockets in six games.
2000 - The Dallas Stars and the New Jersey Devils played the NHL's longest scoreless game in Stanley Cup finals history. The fifth game of the series lasted 106 minutes and 21 seconds. The game ended with a goal by Mike Modano that allowed the Stars to play a game six back in Dallas.
2002 - The Detroit Red Wings and the Carolina Hurricanes began playing the third game of their Stanley Cup Finals. The game lasted until 14 minutes and 47 seconds of the third overtime. The game ended past 1 a.m. the next day and was the third-longest Stanley Cup finals game in NHL history.
2005 - Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 400 career home runs in a 12-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
2013 - Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4.
2018 - The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the NBA finals to complete a sweep; it was their second straight title and third in four years.
2022 - Olympian Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him.
