June 8
Today is the 159th day of 2017, there are 206 days left in the year.
632 - The prophet Muhammad died in Medina.
1042 - Edward the Confessor became King of England, beginning a reign of nearly 24 years.
1845 - Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Nashville at the age of 78.
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 at the Republican Party convention in Baltimore.
1867 - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Wisconsin.
1915 - Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.
1917 - During World War I, Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, arrived in Liverpool, England, while en route to France; also, the 1st Expeditionary Division (later the 1st Infantry Division) was organized at Fort Jay in New York.
1939 - Britain's King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in Washington, D.C. where they were received by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1953 - The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve 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.
1972 - During the Vietnam War, an Associated Press photographer took a now iconic picture of a screaming 9-year-old girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, as she ran naked and severely burned from the scene of a South Vietnamese napalm attack.
1982 - President Ronald Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain's Parliament.
1987 - Fawn Hall, secretary to national security aide Oliver L. North, testified at the Iran-Contra hearings, saying she had helped to shred some documents.
1995 - U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady, whose F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.
1998 - The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston its president.
2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls.
2012 - President Barack Obama declared "the private sector is doing fine," prompting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to ask, "Is he really that out of touch?" (Obama quickly clarified his remarks, saying it was "absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine.")
Birthdays
33 - Torrey Devitto (actress)
39 - Maria Menounos (TV host)
40 - Kanye West (rapper)
41 - Eion Bailey (actor)
42 - Shilpa Shetty (actress)
51 - Julianna Margulies (actress)
52 - Frank Grillo (actor)
59 - Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor)
62 - Tim Berners Lee (actor)
66 - Bonnie Tyler (singer)
74 - Colin Baker (actor)
77 - Nancy Sinatra (singer)
90 - Jerry Stiller (actor)
92 - Barbara Bush (wife of President George H.W. Bush)
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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.
1948 - Nebraska lost to Oklahoma A&M 5-4 in an NCAA District 5 Baseball Playoff game.
1950 - Boston Red Sox beats Saint Louis Browns 29-4.
1961 - The Milwaukee Braves set a major league record after hitting four consecutive home runs in an inning.
1966 - The NFL and AFL announce their plans to merge and become the NFC and AFC under the umbrella of the NFL in 1970.
1968 - Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning.
1969 - The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's No. 7.
1982 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers to win the NBA championship.
1983 - Negro Baseball League great Satchel Paige died.
1986 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Houston Rockets to win the NBA championship.
1986 - The Baltimore Orioles defeat the New York Yankees 18-9 in the longest nine-inning game in American League history at 4 hours, 16 minutes.
1996 - Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open to win her 19th Grand Slam title.
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.
2001 - Nebraska made its first College World Series appearance in program history, but fell to Cal State-Fullerton 5-4.
2002 - Nebraska lost to Richmond 6-2 in the second game of the Lincoln Super Regional.
2002 - Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.
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 in major league history to hit 400 career home runs.
2008 - Spain's Rafael Nadal wins his fourth consecutive French Open tennis championship in Paris by beating rival Roger Federer in straight sets 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.
2016 - Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova was suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. (The ban, which was backdated to Jan. 26, 2016, was later reduced to 15 months.)
Today is the 159th day of 2017, there are 206 days left in the year.
632 - The prophet Muhammad died in Medina.
1042 - Edward the Confessor became King of England, beginning a reign of nearly 24 years.
1845 - Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Nashville at the age of 78.
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 at the Republican Party convention in Baltimore.
1867 - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Wisconsin.
1915 - Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.
1917 - During World War I, Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, arrived in Liverpool, England, while en route to France; also, the 1st Expeditionary Division (later the 1st Infantry Division) was organized at Fort Jay in New York.
1939 - Britain's King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in Washington, D.C. where they were received by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1953 - The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve 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.
1972 - During the Vietnam War, an Associated Press photographer took a now iconic picture of a screaming 9-year-old girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, as she ran naked and severely burned from the scene of a South Vietnamese napalm attack.
1982 - President Ronald Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain's Parliament.
1987 - Fawn Hall, secretary to national security aide Oliver L. North, testified at the Iran-Contra hearings, saying she had helped to shred some documents.
1995 - U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O'Grady, whose F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2.
1998 - The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston its president.
2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls.
2012 - President Barack Obama declared "the private sector is doing fine," prompting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to ask, "Is he really that out of touch?" (Obama quickly clarified his remarks, saying it was "absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine.")
Birthdays
33 - Torrey Devitto (actress)
39 - Maria Menounos (TV host)
40 - Kanye West (rapper)
41 - Eion Bailey (actor)
42 - Shilpa Shetty (actress)
51 - Julianna Margulies (actress)
52 - Frank Grillo (actor)
59 - Keenen Ivory Wayans (actor)
62 - Tim Berners Lee (actor)
66 - Bonnie Tyler (singer)
74 - Colin Baker (actor)
77 - Nancy Sinatra (singer)
90 - Jerry Stiller (actor)
92 - Barbara Bush (wife of President George H.W. Bush)
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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.
1948 - Nebraska lost to Oklahoma A&M 5-4 in an NCAA District 5 Baseball Playoff game.
1950 - Boston Red Sox beats Saint Louis Browns 29-4.
1961 - The Milwaukee Braves set a major league record after hitting four consecutive home runs in an inning.
1966 - The NFL and AFL announce their plans to merge and become the NFC and AFC under the umbrella of the NFL in 1970.
1968 - Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning.
1969 - The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's No. 7.
1982 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers to win the NBA championship.
1983 - Negro Baseball League great Satchel Paige died.
1986 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Houston Rockets to win the NBA championship.
1986 - The Baltimore Orioles defeat the New York Yankees 18-9 in the longest nine-inning game in American League history at 4 hours, 16 minutes.
1996 - Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open to win her 19th Grand Slam title.
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.
2001 - Nebraska made its first College World Series appearance in program history, but fell to Cal State-Fullerton 5-4.
2002 - Nebraska lost to Richmond 6-2 in the second game of the Lincoln Super Regional.
2002 - Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.
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 in major league history to hit 400 career home runs.
2008 - Spain's Rafael Nadal wins his fourth consecutive French Open tennis championship in Paris by beating rival Roger Federer in straight sets 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.
2016 - Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova was suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. (The ban, which was backdated to Jan. 26, 2016, was later reduced to 15 months.)
