Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of June 08:
1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered 4 satellites of Saturn
1810 Robert Schumann Zwickau Saxony Germany, composer (Fantastiestcke)
1813 David D Porter US Admiral (Civil War)
1814 Charles Reade England, novelist (The Cloister & the Hearth)
1829 Sir John Everett Millais England, painter (Order of Release)
1847 Ida Sazton McKinley 1st lady
1867 Frank Lloyd Wright Richland Center, Wisc, master builder
19-- Debra Clinger Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Amy-American Girls)
19-- Ellen Maxted Birmingham Mich, actress (Meagan Huxley-Just Our Luck)
19-- Linda Cook actress (Edge of Night, Egypt Masters-Loving)
19-- Robert Hirschfield NYC, actor (Officer Schnitz-Hill St Blues)
1903 Marguerite Yourcenard author (Memoirs of Hadrien)
1911 Van Lingle Mungo SC, pitcher (Dodgers, Giants)
1914 Joseph de Pietro US, 56kg weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1948)
1916 Francis Crick codiscovered DNA's structure (Nobel 1962)
1917 Byron R (Whizzer) White Ft Collins CO, NFLer/Supreme Court Justice
1918 Robert Preston Newton MA, actor (Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter)
1921 Alexis Smith Penticton BC Canada, actress (Jessica-Dallas, Follies)
1922 Myron Healy Petalumus Calif, actor (Wyatt Earp)
1924 George Kirby Chicago, comedian (ABC Comedy Hour)
1924 Sheldon Allman Chicago, actor (Norm-Harris Against the World)
1925 Barbara Pierce Bush Rye NY, 1st lady (1989- )
1925 Eddie Gaedel 3'7" St Louis Browns pinch-hitter (he walked)
1929 Jerry Stiller Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Stiller & Meara, Hairspray)
1930 Bo Gunnar Widerberg Malm Sweden, director (Elvira Madigan)
1930 Dana Wynter London, actress (Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
1933 Joan Rivers Brooklyn, comedian (The Late Show, Hollywood Squares)
1934 Millicent Martin Romford Eng, actress (Alfie, Nothing but the Best)
1936 James Darren Phila, actor (TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs)
1937 Bruce McCandless II Boston, Cap USN/astronaut (STS 41B, STS-31)
1939 Bernie Casey Wyco WV, actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop)
1939 Herb Adderley Phila, NFL hall of famer (Packers, Cowboys)
1940 Nancy Sinatra Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin'
1942 Chuck Negron singer (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1943 Willie Davenport US, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944 Don Grady actor (Robbie Douglas-My 3 Sons)
1944 William Royce "Boz" Scaggs Dallas Tx, rocker (Steve Miller Band)
1949 Emanuel Ax Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp -1974)
1950 Alex Van Halen drummer (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
1950 Elmar Oliveira Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978)
1950 Kathy Whitton Baker Midland Tx, actress (Right Stuff, 16 Candles)
1955 Griffin Dunne actor (American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl)
1958 Keenen Ivory Wayans comedian (In Living Color)
1960 Mike Hucknail rocker (Simply Red-Every Time We Say Goodbye)
1961 Ursula Buchfellner Munich W Germany, playmate (Oct, 1979)
1962 Nick Rhodes rocker (Duran, Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
1965 Robert Platus NYC, rocker (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This)
1966 Doris Pearson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
1967 Neil Mitchell rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
1972 P(eter) J(ason) Farley Hackensack, bass (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
Deaths which occurred on June 08:
632 Mohammed prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)
1809 Thomas Paine writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1969 Robert Taylor actor (Death Valley Days), dies at 57
1979 Herb Polesie producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79
1991 Mary Bacon jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1963 KRAUSE ARTHUR E. ONARGA IL 11/18/63 RELEASED
1967 APODACA VICTOR J. ENGLEWOOD CO POSS DEAD
1967 BUSCH JON T. COLUMBUS OH REMAINS RETURNED 10/88 CONTESTED
1967 MYERS DAVID GEPHART STATE COLLEGE PA
1969 HARRIS JESSIE B. PORT CHESTER NY 10/20/69 RELEASED
1972 MURPHY JOHN S. JR. WACO TX 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 98
