What happend on 8th June

07.06
09.06
2004

First Transit of Venus in this millennium.

2004

Major Wikipedia database crash.

2001

Popular editorial site suck.com, one of the first original content sites on the internet, publishes its final article, "Gone Fishin'."

1999

War on Drugs: The government of Colombia announces it will include the estimated value of the country's illegal drug crops, exceeding half a billion US dollars, in its gross national product.

1998

Charlton Heston assumes the presidency of the U.S. National Rifle Association.

1996

Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1995

Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

1992

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

1986

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.

1984

Homosexuality is decriminalised in the state of New South Wales, Australia.