Updated June 7, 2012, 2:28 pm
On June 8, 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Go to article »On June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright, the famed American architect, was born. Following his death on April 9, 1959, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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632 The Prophet Mohammed died in Medina. 1845 Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn., at age 78. 1861 Tennessee seceded from the Union. 1864 Abraham Lincoln was nominated for a second term as president at the Republican Party convention in Baltimore. 1915 Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania. 1948 The “Texaco Star Theater” made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle as guest host. 1953 The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks. 1969 The New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle’s uniform No. 7 during “Mickey Mantle Day” at Yankee Stadium. 1987 Fawn Hall, secretary to national security aide Oliver L. North, testified at the Iran-Contra hearings, saying she had helped to shred some documents. 1995 U.S. Marines rescued Capt. Scott O’Grady, whose F16-C fighter jet had been shot down by Bosnian Serbs on June 2. 1998 The National Rifle Association elected actor Charlton Heston its president. 2001 British Prime Minister Tony Blair was elected to a second term in a landslide. Current Birthdays
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Actress Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife,” “ER”) turns 45 years old today.
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Rapper Kanye West turns 35 years old today.
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1925 Barbara Bush, Former first lady, turns 87 1927 Jerry Stiller, Actor, comedian (“The King of Queens,” “Seinfeld”), turns 85 1933 Joan Rivers, Comedian, turns 79 1940 Nancy Sinatra, Singer, turns 72 1944 Boz Scaggs, Rock singer, turns 68 1950 Kathy Baker, Actress, turns 62 1950 Sonia Braga, Actress, turns 62 1955 Griffin Dunne, Actor, director, turns 57 1957 Scott Adams, Cartoonist (“Dilbert”), turns 55 1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans, Actor, director, turns 54 1960 Mick Hucknall, Rock singer (Simply Red), turns 52 1962 Nick Rhodes, Musician (Duran Duran), turns 50 1967 Dan Futterman, Actor, screenwriter, turns 45 1970 Kelli Williams, Actress (“The Practice”), turns 42 1971 Mark Feuerstein, Actor, turns 41 1976 Lindsay Davenport, Tennis player, turns 36 1979 Derek Trucks, Rock musician, turns 33 1983 Kim Clijsters, Tennis player, turns 29
Historic Birthdays
Frank Lloyd Wright 6/8/1867 – 4/9/1959 American architect and writer.Go to obituary »
87 Gian Domenico Cassini 6/8/1625 – 9/14/1712
Italian-born French astronomer46 Robert Schumann 6/8/1810 – 7/29/1856
German Romantic composer73 Samuel Hirsch 6/8/1815 – 5/14/1889
German-born philosopher and rabbi67 Sir John Millais 6/8/1829 – 8/13/1896
English painter and illustrator63 Franklin Hiram King 6/8/1848 – 8/4/1911
American agricultural scientist75 Robert Wagner 6/8/1877 – 5/4/1953
American politician; U.S. senator from New York (1927-49)84 Marguerite Yourcenar 6/8/1903 – 12/17/1987
Belgian-born American novelist and essayist61 John Campbell 6/8/1910 – 7/11/1971
American science-fiction writer68 Robert Preston 6/8/1918 – 3/21/1987
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