What happend on 8th June

07.06
09.06
1949

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is published.

1948

Milton Berle hosts the debut of Texaco Star Theater.

1941

World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.

1912

Carl Laemmle incorporated Universal Pictures.

1887

Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.

1866

The Canadian Parliament meets for the first time in Ottawa.

1862

American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys

1861

American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.

1783

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

1776

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières