CoM Moderators Posted June 8 Posted June 8 1880 - Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky delivers an emotional speech at the unveiling of a monument to Pushkin in Moscow 1940 - 72nd Belmont: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 2:29.6 1955 - MLB Brooklyn Dodgers option pitcher (and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager) Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax 1956 - Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr. killed by another USAF airman in Vietnam, becoming the first American killed in the Vietnam War 1965 - US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1973 - Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain 1981 - MLB Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1 1992 - NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is banned from baseball for 7th time 2008 - Akihabara massacre takes place on the crowded Sunday pedestrian-zoned Chūōdōri street in Tokyo, Japan, when a man uses a truck and dagger to kill seven people and injure 11 2023 - British PM Rishi Sunak meets US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington announcing an economic partnership, to investigate dangers of A.I. and re-stating their long-term support for Ukraine More Historical Events »
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