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Historical Events for 8th June 2023


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452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
1761 - British fleet occupies Belle Île off the Brittany Coast
1817 - An uprising involving three hundred workers in the English town of Pentrich begins but is quashed almost immediately
1928 - 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1961 - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Frank Thomas)
1980 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: South African Sally Little wins first of her 2 major titles, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock
1981 - 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters win
1982 - Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
2007 - 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 trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker
2020 - World Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2% in 2020

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