It happened on this day, June 8
events:
1776 – The Battle of Trois-Rivières takes place during the American War of Independence, which ends in a British victory.
1815 – 39 German states agree to unite into a single entity under a confederal constitution known as the Act of Confederation.
1867 – A decree is issued changing the name of the ruler of Egypt, so that he becomes called Khedive, and this title remains in use until 1914, when it is changed to Sultan. The first to accept it was Khedive Ismail, and under this decree he enjoyed a certain independence in the management of the internal and financial affairs of the country, and he had the right to conclude treaties relating to mail, customs , the passage of people and goods and control. business for foreign communities.
1919 – Creation of the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus.
1921 – The US Air Force conducts the first test of a pressurized cabin using an Erco DH.4 aircraft.
1941 – British and French forces invade Syrian territory to prevent the establishment of bases for the Axis powers during World War II.
✴️ A gunshot gouged out Moshe Dayan's left eye.
1942 – Japanese naval forces bombard the city of Sydney, Australia during World War II.
1944 – General Bernard Montgomery arrives on the coast of Normandy to lead British forces participating in the largest naval operation in history, which preceded the famous Battle of Normandy, which ended in the liberation of France and the defeat of the forces Germans, forcing them to withdraw from France.
1948 – Air India announces the start of scheduled services between Mumbai and London via Lockheed Constellation.
1956 – Lim Yue Hock (English) becomes Prime Minister of Singapore.
1959 – The American submarine USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt to deliver mail using mail rockets.
1986 – Kurt Waldheim is elected president of Austria.
1989 – A Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter belonging to the Russian Air Force was hit by a bird at the Paris Air Show. The pilot, Anatoly Kvucher, managed to prevent the fighter from falling among the spectators and not injure anyone. found himself at an altitude of 400 feet and escaped.
1992 – Assassination of secular thinker Farag Fouda by the Islamic Group in Egypt.
2009 – Announcement of the results of the elections to the Lebanese House of Representatives, which allowed the March 14 Alliance and the independents to win 71 seats out of the 128 parliamentary seats and to remain in the parliamentary majority, and the victory of the Alliance of March 8 and the Free Patriotic Movement. 57 seats.
2013 – 28 protesters were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi after being shot by the Libyan Shield militia, after demonstrating outside a camp they occupied, demanding that militias be banned in the country.
2014 – Marshal Abdel Fattah El-Sissi is named president of Egypt, succeeding interim president Adly Mansour.
2015 – The municipality of Paris completes the complete removal of the love padlocks from the famous Pont des Arts, and the French artist of Tunisian origin, El Seed, finishes drawing graffiti and Arabic calligraphy there at the invitation of the municipality.
2017 – The ruling Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, loses the majority of seats in Parliament in the general election, but remains the most representative party.
2020 – The number of confirmed infections from the coronavirus pandemic exceeds seven million people worldwide, including more than 403 thousand deaths and approximately three million 149 thousand cases of recovery.
2021 – More than 800 suspects are arrested and 40 tons of drugs are seized in 16 countries as part of Operation Trojan Shield, the largest international interagency police operation.
✴️ Passage of the Juno probe next to Ganymede, Jupiter's moon.
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Births:
1625 – Giovanni Cassini, Italian mathematician.
1810 – Robert Schumann, German musician.
1916 – Francis Crick, British physicist and biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962.
1921 – Suharto, president of Indonesia.
1925 – Barbara Bush, wife of the forty-first President of the United States, George HW
1930 – Robert Ohman, Israeli mathematician, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005.
1936 – Kenneth Wilson, American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1982.
1948 – Hala Fakher, Egyptian actress.
1955 – José Antonio Camacho, Spanish footballer and manager.
1957 – Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress.
1966 – Julianna Margulies, American actress.
1975 – Rowaida Al Mahrouqi, Emirati singer.
** Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress.
1979 – Naglaa Abdullah, Jordanian actress.
1980 – Saud Kariri, Saudi footballer.
1981 – Ai Nonaka, Japanese actress.
1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player.
1982 – Dickson Etoho, Nigerian footballer.
1983 – Mamoru Miyano, Japanese voice actor.
** Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player.
1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentine footballer.
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Death:
218 – Macrinus, Roman emperor.
632 AD – Prophet Muhammad, the seal of the prophets and messengers of Islam.
1042 – King Hardicanute, king of England.
1795 – Louis XVII, king of France.
1845 – Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States.
1949 – Naguib Al-Rihani, Egyptian actor.
1947 – Youssef Rajib, Iraqi journalist and writer.
1970 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist.
1992 – Farag Fouda, Egyptian writer and thinker.
1994 – Houria Hassan, Egyptian singer and actress.
1998 – Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria.
**Maria Reiche, German archaeologist and mathematician.
2001 – Tamador Tawfiq, Egyptian media personality.
2006 – Father Matta Al-Miskeen, Christian religious.
2009 – Omar Bongo, president of Gabon.
2012 – Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, politician and diplomat.
2014 – Mohamed Abu Al-Hassan, Egyptian actor.
2019 – Abdel Baset Al-Sarout, Syrian goalkeeper and one of the leaders of the Syrian revolution.
2020 – Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundian politician and former president.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ World Oceans Day.
