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Battle of Antioch (218)

The Battle of Antioch (8 June 218) was fought between the Roman army of the Emperor Macrinus and his rival Elagabalus, whose troops were commanded by General Gannys, probably a short distance from Antioch. Gannys's victory led to Macrinus's downfall as emperor and his replacement by Elagabalus. Macrinus was elevated to the throne with the support of the Roman army following the assassination of his predecessor, Caracalla, by a disaffected soldier whilst on campaign against Parthia on 8 April 217.

Sack of Lindisfarne

The Sacking of Lindisfarne was a Viking raid in AD 793, targeting the monastery on Lindisfarne, an island off the northeastern coast of England. The attack was carried out by Norse seafarers and is often considered the beginning of the Viking Age. The monastery, founded in 635 AD by Saint Aidan, was a major centre of Christian learning in Northumbria.

Edward the Confessor succeeds Harthacnut as king of England

Harthacnut died on June 8, 1042, and his half-brother Edward succeeded him as king of England. The new reign began that day; the later coronation was a separate ceremony. Edward ruled until his death in 1066.

United Kingdom

Rebel generals proclaim Isaac Komnenos Byzantine emperor

On June 8, 1057, rebel officers proclaimed Isaac Komnenos emperor at Gounaria in Paphlagonia, in present-day Turkey, while Michael VI still ruled in Constantinople. Isaac later defeated loyalist forces and was crowned in Constantinople on September 1.

Turkey

English forces under King Richard I arrive in Acre, joining the already arrived French and German forces of the Third Crusade

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion (Old Norman French: Quor de Lion) because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period.

Battle of Ardres

The battle of Ardres was a battle that took place on 8 June 1351 by forces from the Kingdom of France, led by Édouard I de Beaujeu, near the English-held town of Ardres, in a ditch in a river bend, as a part of the Hundred Years' War. In the battle Beajeau was killed and the English commander, John de Beauchamp was captured.

Battle of Acajutla

The Battle of Acajutla was a battle on June 8, 1524, between the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado and an army of Pipils, an indigenous people, in the neighborhood of present-day Acajutla, near the coast of western El Salvador.

El Salvador

Battle of Ameixial

The Battle of Ameixial, was fought on 8 June 1663, near the village of Santa Vitória do Ameixial, some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north-west of Estremoz, between Spanish and Portuguese as part of the Portuguese Restoration War. In the spring of 1663, the Spanish had undertaken their most successful attack on Portugal, since the beginning of the war. Under command of John of Austria the Younger, son of Philip IV of Spain, the greater part of the south of Portugal was overrun. The important city of Évora was taken on 22 May, opening perspectives for a march on Lisbon, 135 kilometres (84 mi) to the west.

Portugal

Wager's Action

Wager's Action was fought on 8 June 1708 between a Royal Navy squadron under Charles Wager and a Franco-Spanish convoy under José de Santillán and Jean-Baptiste du Casse as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. It ended in a British victory, with the Spanish losing two treasure galleons and suffering heavy casualties.

Colombia

Battle of Seringham

The Battle of Seringham was fought on the island of Srirangam between 1,000 troops of the British East India Company commanded by Stringer Lawrence and a confederacy of French East India Company troops and Chanda Sahib.

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India

Action of 8 June 1755

The action of 8 June 1755 was a naval battle between France and Great Britain early in the French and Indian War. The British captured the third-rate French ships Alcide and Lys off Cape Ray, Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The battle contributed to the eventual war declarations that in 1756 formally began the Seven Years' War.

Capture of Belle Île

The capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany coast in 1761, during the Seven Years' War. After an initial British attack was repulsed, a second attempt under General Studholme Hodgson forced a beachhead. A second landing was made, and after a six-week siege the island's main citadel at Le Palais was stormed, consolidating British control of the island.

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Battle of Trois-Rivières

The Battle of Trois-Rivières was fought on June 8, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. A British army under Quebec Governor Sir Guy Carleton defeated an attempt by units from the Continental Army under the command of Brigadier General William Thompson to stop a British advance up the Saint Lawrence River valley.

Battle of Mobley's Meeting House

The Battle of Mobley's Meeting House (also sometimes called Gibson's Meeting House) was an engagement that occurred during the American Revolutionary War in the Mobley Settlement, Fairfield County, South Carolina during the southern campaign of Lord Cornwallis. On 8 June 1780, a small body of Whig militia led by Colonel William Bratton surprised a gathering point of Tory militia at Mobley's Meeting House, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of present-day Winnsboro. Many of the Tories tried to escape by descending a steep embankment; this attempt led to more casualties than were caused by the actual firefight.

Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States

Battle of Cox's Mill

The battle of Cox's Mill was fought between Patriot and Loyalist militias in Randolph County, North Carolina on June 8, 1781. Cox's Mill was the site of a base of operations for the Loyalists under the command of David Fanning. Loyalist scouts informed Fanning of a large force of 160 Patriots under John Collier who were about 10 miles away in pursuit of him.

North Carolina, United States

Lakagígar fissure eruption begins in Iceland

The Lakagígar volcanic fissure in Iceland began erupting on June 8, 1783. The eruption continued into February 1784, releasing gases that killed large numbers of livestock; a severe famine followed. Lakagígar is the fissure, while Laki is the mountain it crosses.

Iceland

June 1789 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

The June 1789 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 8 June 1789. The incumbent Speaker William Wyndham Grenville, who had been in office for only five months, had resigned to take office as Home Secretary. Henry Addington was proposed by the Marquess of Graham and seconded by Thomas Grosvenor.

Battle of Chełm

The Battle of Chełm was fought on June 8, 1794 between Poland and the combined forces of the Russian Empire and Prussia. The Polish were led by Józef Zajączek, the Russo-Prussian forces by Petrowicz Zagriażski and Wilhelm Derfelden. The Russo-Prussian forces consisted of 16,500 soldiers, and 24 cannons, while the Polish general only had about 6,000 soldiers, 14 cannons, and 2,000 peasant soldiers armed with war scythes.Zajączek took in the forested hills 1.5 km away from the city. In the early noon the Russian troops started the attack.

Chełm, Poland

Martin's cruise of 1794

Martin's cruise of 1794 was the only significant French naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea conducted in 1794. In 1793 France had gone to war with Great Britain and a wide coalition of European enemies in the French Revolutionary Wars. Early in the conflict the British had seized the French Mediterranean Fleet and their home port of Toulon, the town enduring a four month siege by French Republican forces in which the fleet was badly damaged.

Siege of Mequinenza

The siege of Mequinenza (15 May to 8 June 1810) saw a 16,000-man Imperial French corps commanded by Louis Gabriel Suchet invest a 1,000-strong Spanish garrison under Colonel Carbon. Mequinenza and its castle were captured by the French after an operation lasting about three weeks. The action occurred during the Peninsular War, which formed part of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Spain

1841 Belgian general election

Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 8 June 1841 in which 48 of the 95 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were elected. Voter turnout was 77.0%, although only 24,887 people were eligible to vote. Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.

Belgium

Belgian general election, 1847

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1847. The result was a victory for the new Liberal Association, which had been formed the previous year. It won 33 seats to the Catholics' 21, as the latter were split into dogmatic and liberal groups. Voter turnout was 77%, although only 1% of the country's population was eligible to vote.

Belgium

1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

The 1848 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature on June 8, 1848. This was the first U.S. Senate election held in Wisconsin after it was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Former Wisconsin Territory legislator Isaac P. Walker and former Wisconsin Territory governor Henry Dodge were elected to Wisconsin's Class 3 and Class 1 U.S.

Wisconsin, United States

Belgian general election, 1852

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1852. In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, who won 57 of the 108 seats. Voter turnout was 69.2%, although only 42,053 people were eligible to vote.

Belgium

Battle of Badli-ki-Serai

The Battle of Badli-ki-Serai was fought early in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 as it has since been termed in Indian histories of the events. A British and Gurkha force defeated a force of sepoys who had rebelled against the British East India Company. The British victory enabled them to besiege and ultimately capture Delhi.

India

Battle of Cross Keys

The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Together, the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic the following day were the decisive victories in Jackson's Valley Campaign, forcing the Union armies to retreat and leaving Jackson free to reinforce Gen. Robert E. Lee for the Seven Days Battles outside Richmond, Virginia.

Rockingham County, Virginia, United States

First Battle of Chattanooga

The First Battle of Chattanooga was a minor artillery battle in the American Civil War, fought on June 7–8, 1862.

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United States

Franz Joseph I crowned king of Hungary

Franz Joseph I was crowned king of Hungary at Matthias Church in Buda on June 8, 1867, following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise. The ceremony formalized his status as Hungary’s king within the new dual monarchy.

Hungary

1868 Avon by-election

The 1868 Avon by-election was a by-election held on 8 June during the 4th New Zealand Parliament in the Christchurch electorate of Avon. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP William Reeves on 2 May 1868. Reeves had been elected in the 11 March 1867 Avon by-election and after attending the 1867 parliamentary session, he resigned as his business partner had died in late 1867.

New Zealand

Belgian general election, 1880

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1880. In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 132 seats. Voter turnout was 67.2%, although only 62,936 people were eligible to vote. Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. A special election was held on 21 August 1880 to elect a representative for the arrondissement of Oudenaarde following the death of Auguste Devos on 21 July 1880.

Belgium

Belgian general election, 1886

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1886. In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 98 of the 138 seats. Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.

Belgium

Inangahua by-election, 1893

The Inangahua by-election of 1893 was a by-election held on 8 June 1893 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the West Coast seat of Inangahua. The by-election was held because of the bankruptcy of the previous MP Richard Reeves who had won the seat by just one vote. This election saw Robert Stout, a twice former premier, who had been out of parliament since 1887 return under the newly organised New Zealand Liberal Party. Patrick O'Regan would also stand for the New Zealand Liberal Party in later years and won the seat of Inangahua at the New Zealand general election, 1893.

New Zealand

Advance on Pretoria

The Advance on Pretoria was a military operation during the Second Boer War. From May–June 1900, Lord Roberts and his force began a strategic offensive from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, with the goal of capturing Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic (Transvaal) in hopes of ending the war, and forcing the Boers into surrendering.

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Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value

The Antiquities Act of 1906 (Pub. L. 59–209, 34 Stat. 225, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301–320303) is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the president of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, historic, or scientific features.

Ontario general election, 1908

The Ontario general election, 1908 was the 12th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 8, 1908, to elect the 106 Members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a second term in government, increasing its majority in the Legislature significantly. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Alexander Grant MacKay, continued to lose seats. Allan Studholme became the province's first Labour MLA as the result of a 1906 Hamilton East by-election.

Canada

1908 Quebec general election

The 1908 Quebec general election was held on June 8, 1908, to elect members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.

Bay of Islands by-election, 1915

The Bay of Islands by-election of 1915 was a by-election held on 8 June 1915 during the 19th New Zealand Parliament in the Northland electorate of Bay of Islands. The by-election came about because Vernon Reed's win in the 1914 general election was declared void by an electoral court. The seat was won by William Stewart of the Reform Party. Reed, who was also of the Reform Party, was barred by the court from standing for election for 12 months.

New Zealand

Action of 8 June 1915

The Action of 8 June 1915 was a combined air and naval clash between the Italian airship M.2 Città di Ferrara and Austro-Hungarian Navy L48 seaplane and two military vessels near the coast of north-eastern Italy as a part of Adriatic campaign of World War I. The airship was chased after a bomb raid on Fiume (present-day Rijeka) by an air and navy patrol while the Austro-Hungarian aircraft crew was able to destroy the airship in the air.

Tenth Battle of the Isonzo

The Tenth Battle of the Isonzo was an Italian offensive against Austria-Hungary during World War I.

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Slovenia

Action of Arsuf

The action of Arsuf (8 June 1918), was fought between the forces of the British Empire and those of the Central Powers, namely the Ottoman Empire, German Empire and Austria-Hungary, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. The British Empire forces involved was the 21st (Bareilly) Brigade comprising the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch, the 1st Guides Infantry, the 29th Punjabis and the 1/8th Gurkha Rifles.

Vyoshenskaya Uprising

The Vyoshenskaya Uprising (or Upper Don rebellion) (March 11 - June 8, 1919) was an uprising of the Don Cossacks during the Russian Civil War led by Pavel Kudinov against the Bolsheviks, which had occupied the Upper Don district in January–March 1919. The uprising was centered around the village of Vyoshenskaya.

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Battle of the Berezina (1920)

The Second Battle of Berezina was fought on 15 May 1920 around the Berezina in the Polish-Soviet war. It ended indecisively.

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1922 King Alexander's Cup

The 1922 King Alexander's Cup (Romanian: Cupa Regelui Alexandru 1922) was the first edition of the Friendship Cup. It was a single-game tournament in 1922 and the first official match of the national association football team of Romania.

Serbia

1924 Campeonato de Portugal final

The 1924 Campeonato de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1923–24 Campeonato de Portugal, the 3rd season of the Portuguese football cup. The match took place on Sunday, 8 June 1924, at the Estádio do Campo Grande in Lisbon, between Algarve side Olhanense and Porto side FC Porto. Olhanense won the match 4–2, with goals from Graça, Tamanqueiro, Gralho and Belo.

Lisbon, Portugal

1925 Iraqi parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq in 1925, the first under the 1925 constitution. After the elections, Abdul-Muhsin Al-Saadoun became Prime Minister for the second time and founded the Progress Party to support the government and gain a parliamentary majority.

Northern Expedition

The Northern Expedition was a military campaign launched by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT) against the Beiyang government and other regional warlords in 1926. The purpose of the campaign was to reunify China, which had become fragmented in the aftermath of the 1911 Revolution. The expedition was led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and was divided into two phases.

Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace").

Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom

Margaret Grace Bondfield (17 March 1873 – 16 June 1953) was a British Labour Party politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

1931 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania in June 1931. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June. The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Ţepeş League, the Agrarian League and several other parties.

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Dulwich by-election, 1932

The Dulwich by-election, 1932 was a by-election held on 8 June 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dulwich in South London.

United Kingdom

Hitchin by-election, 1933

The Hitchin by-election of 1933 was held on 8 June 1933 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Lytton died in a plane accident. It was won by the Conservative candidate Arnold Wilson.

United Kingdom

1938 Saskatchewan general election

The 1938 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Liberal Party was returned to power under its new leader, William John Patterson, but it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election.

Operation Juno

Operation Juno (Unternehmen Juno) was a sortie by a German Kriegsmarine flotilla on 8 June 1940, into the Norwegian Sea during the Norwegian Campaign. The sortie was intended to help the German Army to drive the Allies out of northern Norway and to recapture Narvik. The German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sank the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and it two destroyer escorts HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent while detached from the flotilla.

1940 Football League War Cup final

The 1940 Football League War Cup final was contested by West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers.

United Kingdom

Battles of Narvik

The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian campaign of the Second World War.

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Syria–Lebanon campaign

The Syria–Lebanon campaign, also known as Operation Exporter, was the invasion of Syria and Lebanon (then controlled by Vichy France, a vassal state of Nazi Germany) in June and July 1941 by British Empire forces, during the Second World War. On 1 April 1941, after the Iraqi coup d'état, Iraq was controlled by Iraqi nationalists led by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, who appealed for Italian and German support.

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Syria · Lebanon

Attack on Sydney Harbour

From 31 May to 8 June 1942, during World War II, Imperial Japanese Navy submarines made a series of attacks on the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. On the night of 31 May – 1 June, three Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarines (M-14, M-21 and M-24), each with a two-member crew, entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships.

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Australia

Shelling of Newcastle

The Shelling of Newcastle was conducted by the Japanese submarine I-21 in the early hours of 8 June 1942. The bombardment followed the attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May, and was conducted shortly after I-24 shelled the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. During the attack I-21 fired 34 shells at Newcastle, including eight illumination rounds, but caused little damage.

Battle of Porta

The Battle of Porta (Greek: Μάχη της Πόρτας) was fought on 8–9 June 1943 at the Porta and Mouzaki passes in western Thessaly, between the partisans of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the Royal Italian Army, during the Axis occupation of Greece. In spring 1943, a wave of successes demonstrated the rise of the Greek Resistance against the Axis powers, particularly the Italians; large areas of the mountainous interior of the country were effectively liberated.

Battle of Port-en-Bessin

The Battle of Port-en-Bessin also known as Operation Aubery took place from 7–8 June 1944, at a small fishing harbour west of Arromanches during the Normandy landings of World War II. The village was between Omaha Beach to the west in the U.S. V Corps sector, and Gold Beach to the east in the British XXX Corps sector. An objective during Operation Overlord, the fortified port was captured by No.

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France

Action of 8 June 1945

The action of 8 June 1945, sometimes called the Sinking of Ashigara was a naval action that resulted in the sinking of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) heavy cruiser Ashigara by the British submarine HMS Trenchant. Ashigara was transporting Japanese troops from the Dutch East Indies for the defence of Singapore and its loss caused many casualties.

1947 Greek Football Cup final

The 1947 Greek Cup final was the 5th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 8 June 1947 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Iraklis. It was Olympiacos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 22 years of existence and Iraklis' first ever Greek Cup final in their 39-year history.

Athens, Greece

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in Britain

On June 8, 1949, Secker & Warburg published George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four in Britain. The American edition followed on June 13, published by Harcourt Brace & Co.

United Kingdom

1953 Flint–Beecher tornado

During the evening hours of Monday, June 8, 1953, a large and extremely violent tornado struck the north side of Flint, Michigan and the northern suburb of Beecher, causing catastrophic damage and hundreds of casualties. Rated as an F5 on the Fujita Scale, the tornado touched down in Genesee County, Michigan, at 8:30 p.m.

1953 Manitoba general election

The 1953 Manitoba general election was held on June 8, 1953 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The election produced a majority government for the Liberal-Progressive party led by Douglas Campbell. His party won thirty-two of fifty-seven seats although with but 39 per cent of the vote overall. To date this is the last election in which the Liberal Party won a majority of seats in Manitoba.

District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.

District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. Inc., 346 U.S. 100 (1953), is a United States Supreme Court case which began on April 30, 1953 over the validity of the local Washington Acts of 1872 and 1873. The Acts prohibited segregation in public places within the District. With the court's support, the legal ramifications of the 1872 and 1873 Acts could once again be enforced.

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Portuguese presidential election, 1958

Presidential elections were held in Portugal on 8 June 1958, during the authoritarian Estado Novo regime led by Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar. Incumbent President Francisco Craveiro Lopes had clashed with Salazar and did not seek another term, neither as candidate of the regime or for the opposition, which deemed the incumbent president capable of winning the race. The National Union, the sole legal political party levied naval minister Américo Thomaz, a conservative. The democratic opposition backed General Humberto Delgado, who ran as an independent in an attempt to challenge the regime.

Portugal

1960 Saskatchewan general election

The 1960 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 8, 1960, to elect members of the 14th Saskatchewan Legislature. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation of Thomas C. Douglas was re-elected to majority government. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation of Thomas C. Douglas campaigned promising Medicare, a public medical insurance and delivery plan for all of Saskatchewan, and it was re-elected with a slightly increased majority.

Operation Hardihood

Operation Hardihood was a security operation conducted from 16 May to 8 June 1966 during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 503rd Infantry Regiment, the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) and the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam to secure the area around Nui Dat for the establishment of a base area for the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF).

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Buddhist Uprising

The Buddhist Uprising of 1966 (Vietnamese: Nổi dậy Phật giáo 1966), or more widely known in Vietnam as the Crisis in Central Vietnam (Biến động Miền Trung), was a period of civil and military unrest in South Vietnam, mostly in the I Corps area in the north of the country in central Vietnam.

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A devastating tornado strikes Topeka, Kansas

On June 8, 1966, a violent tornado tore through Topeka, Kansas, killing 17 people and injuring more than 500. It destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and caused more than $200 million in damage at the time.

United States

An F-104N collides with an XB-70 during a test flight

On June 8, 1966, an F-104N flown by NASA pilot Joe Walker collided with an XB-70 during a formation flight near Edwards Air Force Base in California. Both aircraft crashed. Walker and XB-70 copilot Carl Cross died; test pilot Al White survived after ejecting.

United States

South Korean legislative election, 1967

Parliamentary elections were held in South Korea on 8 June 1967. The result was a victory for the Democratic Republican Party, which won 129 of the 175 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 76.1%.

South Korea

USS Liberty incident

The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (a spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. The attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.

James Earl Ray is arrested at London Heathrow Airport

On June 8, 1968, British authorities arrested James Earl Ray at London’s Heathrow Airport as he tried to leave for Africa. Ray was wanted for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and later pleaded guilty to King’s murder.

United Kingdom

Battle of Binh Ba

The Battle of Binh Ba (6–8 June 1969), also known as Operation Hammer, took place during the Vietnam War. The action occurred when Australian Army troops from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) fought a combined force of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC), including a company from the PAVN 33rd Regiment and elements of the VC D440 Battalion, in the village of Bình Ba, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province.

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Vietnam

1970 Italian regional elections

The Italian regional elections of 1970 were held on 7 and 8 June. Even if the regional system was conceived by the Italian Constitution in 1948, the five autonomous regions were the sole to be immediately established. The fifteen ordinary regions were indeed created in 1970 with the first elections.

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Italy

1970 Marche regional election

The Marche regional election of 1970 took place on 7–8 June 1970.

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The Terror of War

The Terror of War, colloquially known as Napalm Girl, is a photograph taken on 8 June 1972. It shows a naked 9-year-old girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, running toward the camera from a South Vietnamese napalm strike that mistakenly hit Trảng Bàng village instead of nearby North Vietnamese troops. It is credited as one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War and an indictment of the effects of war on innocent victims in general.

1974 Coupe de France final

The 1974 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 8 June 1974 that saw AS Saint-Étienne defeat AS Monaco FC 2–1 thanks to goals by Christian Synaeghel and Alain Merchadier.

Paris, France

1976 New Jersey Republican presidential primary

The 1976 New Jersey Republican presidential primary was held on June 8, 1976, in New Jersey as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1976 United States presidential election. In the binding delegate primary, uncommitted delegates endorsed by the state and county parties, who supported incumbent Gerald Ford swept the statewide contest and congressional district races against delegate slates pledged to former California governor Ronald Reagan.

New Jersey, United States

1976 California Democratic presidential primary

The 1976 California Democratic presidential primary was held on June 8, 1976, as one of the Democratic Party presidential primaries ahead of the 1976 United States presidential election. The primary was held alongside the state's Republican Party presidential primary as well as primaries in New Jersey and Ohio. It was one of the last elections before the 1976 Democratic National Convention the following month.

California, United States

Nouakchott raid (1976)

The raid on Nouakchott in June 1976 was a significant military operation carried out by the Polisario Front, a Western Saharan guerrilla group, against the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott. Led by their leader El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed, the Polisario forces aimed to overthrow the regime of President Moktar Ould Daddah.

Mauritania

1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries

From January 27 to June 8, 1976, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1976 United States presidential election. Former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1976 Democratic National Convention held from July 12 to July 15, 1976, in New York City.

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United States

1978 Coppa Italia final

The 1978 Coppa Italia final was the final of the 1977–78 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 8 June 1978 between Internazionale and Napoli. Internazionale won 2–1.

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1980

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1980. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won 252 of the 352 seats, with the remaining 100 going to independents selected by the party. Of the 352 constituencies, only fifteen had more than one candidate.

Hungary

Battle of Jezzine (1982)

The Battle of Jezzine was fought on June 8, 1982 between the Israeli Army and the Syrian Army in the Lebanese town of Jezzine. It was the first battle between Israel and Syria in the 1982 Lebanon War. It resulted in Israel capturing the town.

Lebanon

Bluff Cove air attacks

On 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War, British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter bombers at Port Pleasant, off Fitzroy, while transferring troops to Bluff Cove, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding more than 150.

Falkland Islands

VASP Flight 168

VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727-212 registered PP-SRK, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from São Paulo to Fortaleza, Brazil which, on June 8, 1982, crashed into a mountainside, while descending into Fortaleza, killing all 137 people on board. The crash of Flight 168 remains both the largest death toll of a Brazilian aircraft accident from the 20th century and the third-highest death toll of any aviation accident in Brazil after Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 and TAM Airlines Flight 3054.

Brazil

1982 San Jose mayoral election

The 1982 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 8, 1982, to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. Tom McEnery was elected. Because McEnrery won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election needed to be held. Incumbent mayor Janet Gray Hayes was term limited.

Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 loses one of its propellers in flight resulting in damage to the flight controls. The Lockheed L-188 Electra makes an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport and there are no injuries

Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 was an American domestic flight from Cold Bay, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, on June 8, 1983. Shortly after takeoff, the Lockheed L-188 Electra of Reeve Aleutian Airways was travelling over the Pacific Ocean when one of the propellers broke away from its engine and struck the fuselage, damaging the flight controls.

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1985

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 8 June 1985. The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the only party to contest the elections, and won 288 of the 387 seats, with 98 of the remaining 99 going to independents selected by the party, whilst one seat remained unfilled until the following year.

Hungary

1985 Coupe de France final

The 1985 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 8 June 1985 that saw AS Monaco FC defeat Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 1–0 thanks to a goal by Bernard Genghini.

Paris, France

1985 Israel Super Cup

The 1985 Israel Super Cup was the 15th Israel Super Cup (20th, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. The match was played between Maccabi Haifa, champions of the 1984–85 Liga Leumit and Beitar Jerusalem, winners of the 1984–85 Israel State Cup.

Israel

1986 East German general election

General elections were held in East Germany on 8 June 1986. 500 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer, with all of them being candidates of the single-list National Front. 703 Front candidates were put forward, with 500 being elected and 203 becoming substitute deputies. There was a minor change to the predetermined seat allocation: The Peasants Mutual Aid Association was allocated a faction with 14 Volkskammer members (led by deputy association chairman Manfred Scheler) at the expense of the other mass organizations.

1986 Austrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Austria on 4 May 1986 with a second round on 8 June 1986. Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, endorsed by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was elected, the first time the ÖVP had won a direct presidential election.

This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.

Austria

1991 Coupe de France final

The 1991 Coupe de France final was a football match played at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 8 June 1991 that saw AS Monaco FC defeat Olympique de Marseille 1–0 thanks to a goal by Gérald Passi, assisted by Ramón Díaz.

Paris, France

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in June 1991 to elect members of 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Hiteswar Saikia was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam for his second term. The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

India

GP Express Airlines Flight 861

GP Express Airlines Flight 861, from Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia to Anniston Metropolitan Airport in Anniston, Alabama, crashed while attempting to land at approximately 8:04 a.m. CDT on June 8, 1992. The Beechcraft Model 99 had four passengers and a crew of two on board. Two passengers and the captain received fatal injuries. All three survivors were seriously injured.

Alabama, United States

Battle of Žuč

The Battle of Žuč (Bosnian: Bitka za Žuč) was a strategic defensive military victory of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the defeat of The Army of Republika Srpska that took place on the 8th June 1992 at the strategic hill of Žuč, located in the municipality of Novi Grad, Sarajevo.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1993 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 1993 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 20, 1993, with a run-off election on June 8, 1993. This was the first race in 64 years that an incumbent was not on the ballot. It marked the first time in 24 years that retiring Mayor Tom Bradley was not on the ballot, after five consecutive victories starting in 1973.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

1995 Ontario general election

General elections were held on June 8, 1995, to elect members of the 36th Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada. The writs for the election were drawn up on April 28, 1995. The governing New Democratic Party, led by Premier Bob Rae, was defeated by voters, who were angry with the actions of the Rae government, such as its unpopular hiring quotas and the Social Contract legislation in 1993.

Results of the 1995 Ontario general election by riding

The following are the results by riding (electoral district) of the 1995 Ontario general election, that was held on June 8, 1995.

King of the Ring (1997)

The 1997 King of the Ring was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the fifth annual King of the Ring event and hosted the finals of the 11th King of the Ring tournament for men. It took place on June 8, 1997, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island, United States

51st FIFA Congress

The 51st FIFA Congress was held between 6 and 8 June 1998, at the Equinox congress hall in Paris, France, just before the start of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. It was the last biannual meeting of the international governing body of association football FIFA, since 1998 the congress has been held on an annual basis.

Paris, France

1999 Las Vegas mayoral election

The 1999 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on May 4 and June 8, 1999 to elect the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. It saw the election of criminal defense attorney Oscar Goodman. The incumbent mayor Jan Jones, had decided against running for a third term.

Las Vegas, United States

Iranian presidential election, 2001

Iranian presidential election of 2001 took place on 8 June 2001, and resulted in Mohammad Khatami being elected as the President of Iran for his second term.

Iran

Ikeda school massacre

The Ikeda school massacre (sometimes referred to as the Osaka school massacre) was a school stabbing and mass murder that occurred in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on 8 June 2001. Mamoru Takuma, a 37-year-old ex-convict with a history of mentally disturbed and anti-social behavior, stabbed eight students to death and seriously wounded fifteen others in a knife attack that lasted several minutes.

Japan

2001 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election

A by-election for the Islamic Consultative Assembly's constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr was held on 8 June 2001, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani after he had won in the election held the previous year. The voters in Tehran cast their ballots along with the 2001 Iranian presidential election. Alireza Mahjoub of the Worker House won the election.

Iran

2004 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary

The 2004 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on June 8, 2004, and featured the two candidates who were still campaigning for the nomination: presumptive nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts and congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. Kerry won a landslide victory at 92% to Kucinich's 4%.

New Jersey, United States

2004 transit of Venus

A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast media. No human alive at the time had witnessed a previous Venus transit since that transit occurred on 6 December 1882 in the 19th century.

2004 Montana Democratic presidential primary

The 2004 Montana Democratic presidential primary was held on June 8 in the U.S. state of Montana as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

United States

2004 Republican Party presidential primaries

From January 19 to June 8, 2004, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 2004 United States presidential election. Incumbent President George W. Bush was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2004 Republican National Convention held from August 30 to September 2, 2004, in New York City.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

United States

2004 Democratic Party presidential primaries

From January 14 to June 8, 2004, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 2004 United States presidential election. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2004 Democratic National Convention held from July 26 to July 29, 2004, in Boston, Massachusetts.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

United States

STS-117

STS-117 (ISS assembly flight 13A) was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center on June 8, 2007. Atlantis lifted off from the launch pad at 19:38 EDT. Damage from a hail storm on February 26, 2007, had previously caused the launch to be postponed from an originally-planned launch date of March 15, 2007.

Leyenda de Plata (2007)

The Leyenda de Plata (2007) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from May 18, 2007, over the course of four of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on June 8, 2007. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

Mexico

Establishment of Nation Alliance Party

The Nation Alliance Party was a minor political party in British Columbia, Canada. While the party was registered with Elections BC as a provincial party, it also participated in the 2008 federal election, the 2008 municipal election, as well as the 2009 provincial election. The party sought to promote multiculturalism, advocate for rights of ethnic minorities and recent immigrants focusing on employment access, security, health care, education and overall rights and status.

Akihabara massacre

The Akihabara massacre is a mass murder that took place on 8 June 2008 in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō (加藤 智大, Katō Tomohiro) of Susono, Shizuoka, drove into a crowd with a rented truck, initially killing three people and injuring two. He then stabbed at least twelve people using a dagger, killing four and injuring eight.

Japan

2008 Tyrolean state election

The 2008 Tyrolean state election was held on 8 June 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Tyrol. The election saw major losses of almost ten percentage points for the governing Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), with each suffering its worst ever result up to this point.

2008 Democratic Party presidential candidates

In the United States 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries, the total number of delegates was 4050 (797 unpledged super delegates and 3,253 pledged elected delegates). Delegates required for nomination were 2118.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

United States

June 2010 California elections

Elections were held in California on June 8, 2010. Five propositions and two special elections, one for a State Senate seat and the other for a State Assembly seat were on the ballot. Primary elections for all statewide offices, a seat to the United States Senate, all Californian seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all even-numbered seats of the State Senate, along with the first round election for the nonpartisan Superintendent of Public Instruction were also held.

California, United States

2010 San Jose, California, mayoral election

The 2010 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 8, 2010, to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the reelection of Chuck Reed. Because Reed won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election needed to be held. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.

2010 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election

The 2010 California Superintendent of Public Instruction election occurred on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Jack O'Connell was term-limited and unable to run for re-election to a third term. In the nonpartisan primary election on June 8, 2010, no candidate received a majority of the votes. The top two finishers, Larry Aceves, who came first with 19% of the vote, and Democratic State Assemblyman Tom Torlakson, who came second with 18.5% of the vote, advanced to the general election.

This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

Orange County Board of Supervisors

The Orange County Board of Supervisors is the five-member governing body of Orange County, California, along with being the executive of the county.

The third special election used to fill a vacancy on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was held on June 8, 2010, and was consolidated with the regular primary election for the next term for the seat.

2012 United Nations General Assembly presidential election

An indirect presidential election was held to choose the President of the United Nations General Assembly on 8 June 2012 to replace Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser and preside over the Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was the rotational turn of the Eastern European Group to preside over the session. Vuk Jeremić is elected with 99 votes for and 85 votes against.

Nauruan parliamentary election, 2013

Parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 June 2013. After Parliament was dissolved on 1 March, the elections were set for 6 April. However, a Supreme Court ruling annulled the dissolution and cancelled the elections. Parliament was dissolved again on 23 May, approximately one month before the normal end of its mandate, and elections were set for 22 June 2013, however President Sprent Dabwido declared a state of emergency and brought the election forward to 8 June. Parliament first sat on June 11 and Fisheries Minister Baron Waqa, the leader of the government forces, was elected president.

Nauru

2013 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election

A leadership election for Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) was held on 8 June 2013. Pavel Bělobrádek was reelected as the leader of KDU-ČSL. Zuzana Roithová and Marian Jurečka were nominated for the position but both of them withdrew from election. Bělobrádek ran unopposed and received 244 of 272 votes.

Czechia

2013 Christy Ring Cup final

The 2013 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 8 June 2013 to determine the winners of the 2013 Christy Ring Cup, the 9th season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Kerry of Munster and Down of Ulster, with Down winning by 3–16 to 2–17.

Al-Qusayr offensive

The al-Qusayr offensive was an operation by the Syrian Government forces against Opposition forces at al-Qusayr in Homs province, during the Syrian Civil War. The operation was launched on 4 April 2013. The Syrian Army, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and the National Defense Forces played key roles in the attack. Its aim was to capture all villages around the rebel-held town of al-Qusayr, thus tightening the siege of the city and ultimately launching an attack on al-Qusayr itself.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Syria

2013 Benghazi conflict

The 2013 Benghazi conflict is a part of the aftermath of the Libyan civil war, that began after clashes erupted between protesters and militants from the Libya Shield brigade on 8 June 2013.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Libya

2013–14 Amateurs' Super Cup Greece

The 2014 Amateurs' Super Cup was the 1st edition of the Greek Amateurs' Super Cup, an annual Greek football match played between the winner of the previous season's Gamma Ethniki Cup winner and the winner of the Greek Amateur Cup. The match was contested by Larissa, winners of the 2013–14 Football League 2 Cup, and Panerythraikos, the 2013–14 Greek Amateurs' Cup winners.

British Virgin Islands general election, 2015

The British Virgin Islands general election, 2015 was a general election held in the British Virgin Islands on 8 June 2015 to elect members to the House of Assembly. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP) over the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP). No minor parties or independent candidates won any seats. Unusually, every single incumbent candidate who stood in their original seat was victorious. The supervisor of elections was Juliette Penn. Prior to polling day, the VIP had complained to Governor John Duncan of alleged irregularities relating to the conduct advance polling day.

British Virgin Islands

2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election

The 2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections were held on 8 June 2015. Elections were held in 24 constituencies, each electing one member to the 2nd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. 269 candidates contested these elections, either representing one of the political parties of Gilgit-Baltistan (at the time of the 2020 elections) or being an independent candidate. 618,364 voters in Gilgit-Baltistan had the ability to exercise their right to vote in the elections and were able to vote across the province. 329,475 of the people registered to vote were male and 288,889 were female (a gender gap of 8%).

Hasakah city offensive

The Hasakah city offensive was launched during the Syrian Civil War by the Islamic State (IS) against the city of Hasakah, which was held by both the Syrian Armed Forces and the Kurdish YPG.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Syria

NXT TakeOver: The End

NXT TakeOver: The End, also called NXT TakeOver: The End…of the Beginning, was a professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on June 8, 2016. It was produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT divisions and stream live on the WWE Network. It took place in the Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

Florida, United States

Lord Speaker election, 2016

An election for Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, took place on 8 June 2016, with the result announced on 13 June. Incumbent Baroness D'Souza, who was at the end of her first term, announced on 11 February that she would not be standing for re-election.

United Kingdom

Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016)

The Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016) was a series of military operations launched by Syrian opposition forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and vice versa in the northern Aleppo Governorate, near the Syria–Turkey border, the city of Azaz and the town of Mare'. The offensive is supported by airstrikes against ISIL conducted by the United States-led CJTF-OIR coalition and artillery shelling by the Turkish Armed Forces.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Syria

2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

The 2017 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 8 June 2017. All 18 seats in Northern Ireland were contested. 1,242,698 people were eligible to vote, up 5,933 from the 2015 general election. 65.6% of eligible voters turned out, an increase of 7.2 percentage points from the last general election. The DUP gained 2 seats for a total of 10, and Sinn Féin won 7, an improvement of 3.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 8 June 2017; all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post electoral system. The general election in Scotland was fought in the aftermath of the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, in which the Scottish National Party (SNP) won a third term in government but lost its overall majority in the Scottish Parliament.

Scotland, United Kingdom

Candidates in the 2017 United Kingdom general election

3,303 candidates stood in the United Kingdom general election of 2017, which was held on 8 June 2017. The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer (and the deadline for candidates to withdraw) was 16:00 on 11 May 2017.

United Kingdom

2017 United Kingdom general election in England

On Thursday 8 June 2017, the 2017 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, with 533 constituencies being in England.

England, United Kingdom

Battle of Af Urur

The Battle of Af Urur took place on 8 June 2017, when al-Shabaab militants attacked and overran the military base and village of Af Urur in Puntland, killing many soldiers of the Puntland Security Force. It was the deadliest terrorist attack of any militant group in Puntland since the autonomous state's foundation in 1998.

Somalia

2017 United Kingdom general election in Wales

On Thursday 8 June 2017, the 2017 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, with 40 constituencies being in Wales. The election for each seat was conducted on the basis of first-past-the-post. The Labour party won the most votes in Wales, with the Conservatives winning overall across the UK.

Wales, United Kingdom

2017 United Kingdom general election

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections (2001's elections, local and general, were delayed by a month due to that year's foot-and-mouth outbreak).

United Kingdom

2018 Scottish National Party depute leadership election

The Scottish National Party depute leadership election ran from 18 May to 8 June 2018. The election was contested for the party's new depute leader following the resignation of Angus Robertson in February 2018, after he lost his Westminster seat in the 2017 snap election. Keith Brown was announced as the winner of the election on 8 June 2018.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Impact Wrestling A Night You Can't Mist

A Night You Can't Mist was a live professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling in conjunction with House of Hardcore. It took place on June 8, 2019, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and aired live on Impact Plus. Seven professional wrestling matches were contested at the event.

Philadelphia, United States

UFC 238

UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on June 8, 2019 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Chicago, United States

2019 Algerian Cup final

The 2019 Algerian Cup final was the 55th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 8, 2019, at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida with kick-off at 17:00 between CR Belouizdad and JSM Béjaïa, The latter is the first club from a bottom level to reach the final since 2005–06. CR Belouizdad achieved their eighth title in their history with a 2–0 win.

2019 Plano municipal elections

The 2019 Plano municipal election was an election to the Plano City Council in the city of Plano, Texas on May 4, 2019. Seats were contested for Places 1, 3, 5, and 7. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in Places 5 and 7, a runoff was held on June 8, 2019, for these races.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

2019 San Antonio mayoral election

On May 4, 2019, the city of San Antonio, Texas held an election to choose the next mayor of San Antonio. The election was a nonpartisan blanket primary. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote (50% of all votes cast +1), a runoff was held on June 8, 2019, between the two top candidates, incumbent mayor Ron Nirenberg and San Antonio City Councilman Greg Brockhouse.

This entry records the runoff, as dated in the source infobox.

2021 Jackson mayoral election

The 2021 mayoral election in Jackson, Mississippi took place on June 8, 2021, alongside other Jackson municipal races. Primary elections took place on April 6, and the primary runoff was scheduled on April 27. Incumbent mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was re-elected to a second term in office with 69.1% of the vote.

Mississippi, United States

PFL 4 (2023)

PFL 4 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on June 8, 2023, at the Overtime Elite Arena in, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. This marked the fourth regular-season event of the tournament and included fights in the Featherweight and Light heavyweight divisions.

Atlanta, United States

Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Battle of Kadugli

The Siege of Kadugli is in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, Sudan, during the current Sudanese civil war. It involves two aligned rebel factions, the SPLM-N (al-Hilu faction) and the Rapid Support Forces, that are trying to capture the city from the Sudanese Armed Forces.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Sudan

2024 European Parliament election in Malta

The 2024 European Parliament election was held in Malta on 8 June 2024 in tandem with local elections. It was the fifth election to the European Parliament, electing 6 of the 720 Members of the European Parliament. EU citizens aged 16 and over were entitled to vote, provided they registered to do so.

Malta

2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia

The 2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia was held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Slovakia, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Slovakia

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Imavov (also known as UFC on ESPN 57) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 8, 2024, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

2024 Maltese local elections

Local council elections were held in Malta and Gozo on 8 June 2024, in tandem with the European Parliament elections. This is the second time that all local councils of Malta shall be elected simultaneously in a single election, following the 2015 reform abolishing the previous system of half-council elections.

Malta

2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

The 2024 European Parliament election in Latvia was held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Latvia, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Latvia

PFL Europe 2 (2024)

PFL Europe 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on June 8, 2024, at the Utilita Arena Newcastle in Newcastle, England.

England, United Kingdom

2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential caucuses

The 2024 U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic presidential caucuses was held on June 8, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 13 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. Incumbent President Joe Biden announced on April 25, 2023, his bid for a second term. This was the last contest to take place during the 2024 Democratic primaries.

2024 El Dher attack

On June 8, 2024, Al-Shabaab militants attacked four military bases and overran the town of El Dher for several hours, killing many soldiers of the Somali National Force. The militants were eventually defeated by a U.S.-assisted airstrike. This was the deadliest terrorist attack since the Aws Wayne debacle.

2024 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

Elections were held in the Czech Republic from 7 to 8 June 2024 to elect 21 Czech representatives for the European Parliament, alongside the EU-wide 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth parliamentary election since the Czech Republic's EU accession in 2004, and the first to take place after Brexit.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Czechia

ONE 167

ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut 2 was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on June 8, 2024, at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.

2025 Serbian local elections

Local elections were held in the city of Zaječar and the municipality of Kosjerić on 8 June 2025. Local elections were also held in the municipalities of Mionica, Negotin and Sečanj on 30 November.

Serbia

2025 UEFA Nations League final

The 2025 UEFA Nations League final was a football match that determined the winners of the final tournament of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League. It was the fourth final of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The match was held on 8 June 2025 at the Munich Football Arena in Munich, Germany, between Portugal and defending champions Spain.

Germany