On this day: 8 June

Selected events and births on 8 June, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1929 – Margaret Bondfield became the first female member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom when she was named Minister of Labour by Ramsay MacDonald. Read more: Margaret Bondfield Cabinet of the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Employment
• 1949 – Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional totalitarian government, was published. Read more: Nineteen Eighty-Four Dystopia George Orwell
• 2007 – A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia. Read more: 2007 New South Wales storms Bulk carrier Pasha Bulker
• 2009 – Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later. Read more: 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea

Born on this day

• 1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Robert Aumann Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• 1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Eric F. Wieschaus Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1953 – Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia Read more: Ivo Sanader Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web Read more: Tim Berners-Lee World Wide Web
• 1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles. Read more: Kim Clijsters Grand Slam (tennis)
• 1989 – Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player Read more: Timea Bacsinszky
• 1994 – Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler Read more: Liv Morgan
• 1995 – Jean Butez, French footballer Read more: Jean Butez
• 1995 – Ferland Mendy, French footballer Read more: Ferland Mendy
• 1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player Read more: Jeļena Ostapenko
• 2000 – Jan Paul van Hecke, Dutch footballer Read more: Jan Paul van Hecke
• 2004 – Francesca Capaldi, American actress Read more: Francesca Capaldi

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