WHAT HAPPENED ON 8. JUNE
Want to find out what all happened on 8. June

World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon. (8. June 1941)

World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. (8. June 1942)

Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater. (8. June 1948)

The celebrities 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. (8. June 1949)

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. (8. June 1949)

Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history. (8. June 1950)

An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes. (8. June 1953)

The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons. (8. June 1953)

The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. (8. June 1959)

An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both planes during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed. (8. June 1966)

Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita Scale: the first to exceed US$100 million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. (8. June 1966)

Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. (8. June 1967)

Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs. (8. June 1967)

Robert F. Kennedy's funeral takes place at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. (8. June 1968)

Vietnam War: The Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc running down a road after being burned by napalm. (8. June 1972)

Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram. (8. June 1982)

Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales. (8. June 1984)

New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. (8. June 1987)

The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (8. June 1992)

The downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. (8. June 1995)