June 8th, 1681

Born on June 8th, 1681

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 8th?

June 8th, 2009

Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.

June 8th, 2008

A Japanese man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in Akihabara, Tokyo, and proceeded to stab at least 12 people, killing 7 and wounding 10, before being apprehended.

June 8th, 2007

A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.

June 8th, 1982

Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.

June 8th, 1972

Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.

June 8th, 1967

The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.

June 8th, 1953

An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger tornado outbreak sequence.

June 8th, 1950

Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.

June 8th, 1941

World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign against Vichy French possessions in the Levant.

June 8th, 1929

Margaret Bondfield (pictured) became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald.

June 8th, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army won a resounding victory at the Battle of Cross Keys, one of the two decisive battles in Jackson's Valley campaign.

June 8th, 1826

In York, Upper Canada, members of the Family Compact destroyed William Lyon Mackenzie's printing press in the Types Riot after Mackenzie accused them of corruption.

June 8th, 1783

Laki, a volcanic fissure in Iceland (pictured), began an eight-month eruption, triggering a major famine and causing widespread fluoride poisoning.

June 8th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: British forces defeated the Continental Army at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, the last battle of the American invasion of Quebec.

June 8th, 1924

British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 8th

Same year
Born in 1681

60

Vitus Bering

Danish explorer

*August 5th, 1681, Horsens †December 8th, 1741, Bering Island

86

Georg Philipp Telemann

German composer

*March 14th, 1681, Magdeburg †June 25th, 1767, Hamburg

55

Arthur Middleton

American politician (1681-1737)

*October 29th, 1681, South Carolina †September 17th, 1737, South Carolina

82

Johann Mattheson

German composer and theorist (1681-1764)

*September 28th, 1681, Hamburg †April 17th, 1764, Hamburg

79

Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero

Catholic cardinal

*March 27th, 1681, Madrid †June 22nd, 1760, Rome

55

Feofan Prokopovich

Ukrainian theologian, writer, poet, mathematician, and philosopher, archbishop in the Tsardom of Russia (1681-1736)

*June 18th, 1681, Kyiv †September 19th, 1736, Saint Petersburg

61

Girolamo Donnini

Italian painter (1681-1743)

*April 18th, 1681, Correggio †January 23rd, 1743, Bologna

59

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius

German jurist

*September 11th, 1681, Eisenberg †August 31st, 1741, Halle (Saale)

79

Francesco Conti

Italian painter (1682-1760)

*January 20th, 1681, Florence †December 8th, 1760, Florence

94

Pierre François le Courayer

French theological writer (1681-1776)

*November 17th, 1681, Rouen †October 17th, 1776, London

72

Antonio Saverio Gentili

Italian cardinal (1681-1753)

*February 9th, 1681, Rome †March 13th, 1753, Rome

66

Giulia Lama

Italian painter (1681-1747)

*October 1st, 1681, Venice †October 7th, 1747, Venice

79

François Guillemot de Villebois

Russian Navy Kontr-admiral

*March 3rd, 1681, Guérande †May 13th, 1760, Tartu

84

Peter Thumb

Austrian architect

*December 18th, 1681, Bezau †March 4th, 1766, Constance

84

Henri François de Bombelles

(1681-1760)

*February 27th, 1681, Huningue †November 30th, 1765

67

Lukas Kern

*October 15th, 1681, Obernzell †September 12th, 1749, Passau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1681 is a normal year and no leap year.

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