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Events on June 8

• 1895 After several unsuccessful uprisings, liberal politician Eloy Alfaro seizes power in Ecuador in a coup and thus ushers in the age of the Liberal Revolution.
• 1912 Carl Laemmle founds the Universal Film Manufacturing Company with other shareholders, from which the film production company Universal Studios emerges.
• 1921 The Zeppelin LZ 121 Nordstern makes its maiden flight.
• 1930 Carol II., who had been excluded from the succession to the throne four years earlier, becomes King of Romania through the annulment of that law.
• 1945 General Dwight D. Eisenhower declares that the fraternization ban for American soldiers in Germany does not apply to children.
• 1957 The lyrical tragedy Blood Wedding by Wolfgang Fortner, based on the play of the same name by Federico García Lorca, is premiered in Cologne.
• 1967 During the attack by Israeli fighter aircraft on the US spy ship Liberty, 34 Navy personnel are killed.
• 1972 During the Vietnam War, the famous photograph The Terror of War is taken during a napalm attack by the South Vietnamese army on the village Trảng Bàng, showing the girl Kim Phuc as she flees the place. The attribution of the photograph to the photographer Nick Út is disputed today.
• 1986 Kurt Waldheim wins the runoff against Kurt Steyrer for the office of Federal President of Austria. The Waldheim affair, which erupted during the election campaign, affects his entire term in office.
• 1990 In the first free parliamentary elections since 1946 in Czechoslovakia, the Civic Movement wins following the end of communist rule.
• 2003 In a referendum in Poland, 77 percent of voters vote in favor of joining the EU.
• 2012 The UEFA European Championship in Poland and Ukraine begins.

Born on June 8

• 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect
• 1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American writer
• 1927 Monique Bosco, Austrian-Canadian writer, journalist, and university professor, Holocaust survivor
• 1941 George Pell, Australian clergyman
• 1948 Jürgen von der Lippe, German comedian and television presenter
• 1962 Thomas Jefferson, American athlete
• 1976 Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
• 1977 Kanye West, American rapper and music producer
• 1983 Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
• 1997 Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „8. Juni“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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