On This Day June 8th

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June 8th is the one-hundred-fifty-ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 206 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome.

793 – Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.

1042 – Edward the Confessor becomes King of England – the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king.

1783 – Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption that kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.

1887—Herman Hollerith applied for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics,' his punched card calculator.

1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.

1966 – The National Football League and American Football League announced a merger effective in 1970.

 

Birthdays

1829 – John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)

1852 – Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)

1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)

1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American painter (d. 2012)

1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator.

1968 – Sharon Shannon, Irish traditional musician.

 

Holiday Highlight

THOMAS PAINE DAY

Thomas Paine, a man born in Thetford, Norfolk, Great Britain, on February 9, 1737, faced numerous challenges and setbacks in his early life. However, his encounter with Benjamin Franklin in London and his subsequent move to America marked a turning point in his life; through his influential writings, such as 'Common Sense' and 'The American Crisis,' Paine inspired and provided hope to countless individuals during the Revolutionary War. Despite the criticism and controversy he faced for his later works, his legacy lives on, and he continues to be remembered for his significant contributions to the fight for freedom and democracy.

 

Holidays And Observance

Best Friends Day

Betty Picnic Day

Family Health and Fitness

International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos

International Young Eagles Day

Jelly-Filled Doughnut Day

Missing Mutts Awareness Day

Name Your Poison Day

National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

National Marina Day

National Rose (Wine) Day  

Upsy Daisy Day

World Bike Naked Day

World Brain Tumor Day

World Doll Day  

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