Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. Date: June 8, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)

Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan. Date: June 8, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882. Date: June 8, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-117 carrying two truss segments and solar arrays to the International Space Station. Date: June 8, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. Date: June 8, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in…

Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. Date: June 8, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)

Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year. Date: June 7, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. Date: June 7, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops. Date: June 7, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people. Date: June 7, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)