June 8

June 8th observes World Oceans Day and Best Friends Day.

2024

While rescuing four captives in central Gaza, Israeli soldiers killed 247 Palestinians and injured 698.

2023

Former US President Donald Trump was formally accused of mishandling classified documents.

2020

Dr. Kathy Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest part of the ocean in the Marianas Trench.

2016

Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' Highest-Paid Athletes List, becoming the first soccer player to do so.

2009

Two American journalists were sentenced to 12 years of penal labor after illegally entering North Korea.

1992

World Oceans Day was celebrated for the first time.

1984

New South Wales, Australia, celebrated the first day of homosexuality being legal.

1968

Senator Robert Kennedy was laid to rest.

1965

Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.

1953

The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.

1940

The discovery of the chemical element Neptunium was announced.

1929

Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in the UK.

1869

The sweeping machine (vacuum cleaner) was patented in Chicago, US, by Ives W. McGaffey.

1824

Noah Cushing patented the washing machine in Quebec, Canada.

1783

A violent eight-month volcano eruption in Iceland started.

1042

Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England. He was considered the last king of the House of Wessex.

979 AD

The King of France, Louis V, was crowned.