See soorce fer 8 Juin

{{Days in Juin}}

The '''8t o Juin''' is the 159t day o the year (160t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 206 days ti come.

== Events ==
[[File:Lakagigar Iceland 2004-07-01.jpg|thumb|170px|right|[[1783]]: The Laki crater in [[Iceland]], pictured here in [[2004]]]]
[[File:Referendum2003 Barry Kent.png|thumb|170px|right|[[2003]]: Referendum results in [[Poland]]]]
*[[1783]] - The [[volcanae]] [[Laki]], in [[Iceland]], begins an aicht-month eruption which kills ower 9,000 fowk an stairts a seiven-year [[faimin]].
*[[1861]] - [[Tennessee]] secedes frae the [[Unitit States]].
*[[1867]] - [[Franz Joseph I o Austrick]] is crouned King o [[Hungary]].
*[[1929]] - [[Margaret Bondfield]] becomes the first female cabinet meenister in the [[Unitit Kinrick]].
*[[1953]] - A [[tornado]] in the US state o [[Michigan]] kills 116 fowk.
*[[1958]] - The 1958 [[FIFA Warld Cup]] stairts: Hosts [[Swaden naitional fitbaw team|Swaden]] defeat [[Mexico naitional fitbaw team|Mexico]] 3-0 in the openin gemme.
*[[1972]] - [[Vietnam War]]: A photograph is taken o Phan Thi Kim Phuc, a girl badly burnt in a napalm attack.
*[[1990]] - The 1990 [[FIFA Warld Cup]] in [[Italy]] stairts.
*[[1996]] - The [[UEFA]] European Championship in [[Ingland]] stairts.
*[[2003]] - A referendum in [[Poland]] on [[European Union]] membership results in a majority (77%) votin in favour.
*[[2004]] - The first transit o [[Venus]] in ower a century takes place.
*[[2012]] - [[UEFA Euro 2012]] in [[Poland]] an [[Ukraine]] stairts: Co-hosts [[Poland naitional fitbaw team|Poland]] draw 1-1 wi [[Greece naitional fitbaw team|Greece]] in the openin gemme.
*[[2017]] - [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 2017]]: [[Theresa May]]'s [[Conservative Pairty (UK)|Conservatives]] lose thair overaw majority despite gains in [[Scotland]]; [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s [[Labour Pairty (UK)|Labour Pairty]] performs better nor expectit across the kintra; The [[Scots Naitional Pairty]] retains its status as the lairgest Scots pairty despite the loss o 21 seats.
*[[2020]] - [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The nummer o recordit cases warldwide passes 7 million.

== Births ==
[[File:Bonnie Tyler ESC - United Kingdom 01 crop.JPG|thumb|160px|right|[[Bonnie Tyler]]]]
[[File:Tim Berners-Lee April 2009.jpg|thumb|160px|right|[[Tim Berners-Lee]]]]
* [[1625]] - [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]], Italian-French astronomer (d. [[1712]])
* [[1772]] - [[Robert Stevenson (ceevil ingineer)|Robert Stevenson]], Scots ceevil ingineer (d. [[1850]])
* [[1810]] - [[Robert Schumann]], German componer (d. [[1856]])
* [[1867]] - [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], American airchitect (d. [[1959]])
* [[1903]] - [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], Belgian-born French-American novelist (d. [[1987]])
* [[1916]] - [[Francis Crick]], Inglis biologist (d. [[2004]])
* [[1921]] - [[Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell o Croy]], Scots politeecian (d. [[2005]])
* [[1921]] - [[Suharto]], 2nt [[Preses]] o [[Indonesie]] (d. [[2008]])
* [[1925]] - [[Barbara Bush]], First Lady o the Unitit States (d. [[2018]])
* [[1932]] - [[Hugh McLeod (rugby union)|Hugh McLeod]], Scots rugby union player (d. [[2014]])
* [[1933]] - [[Joan Rivers]], American actress an comedienne (d. [[2014]])
* [[1936]] - [[Kenneth G. Wilson]], American theoretical pheesicist (d. [[2013]])
* [[1940]] - [[Nancy Sinatra]], American actress an sangster
* [[1943]] - [[Colin Baker]], Inglis actor
* [[1951]] - [[Bonnie Tyler]], Welsh sangster
* [[1955]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]], Inglis internet pioneer
* [[1969]] - [[George Adam]], Scots politeecian
* [[1970]] - [[Gabrielle Giffords]], American politeecian
* [[1975]] - [[Shilpa Shetty]], Indian actress
* [[1976]] - [[Lindsay Davenport]], American tennis player
* [[1977]] - [[Kanye West]], American rapper an actor
* [[1982]] - [[Kelly Brown]], Scots rugby union player
* [[1982]] - [[Nadia Petrova]], Roushie tennis player
* [[1983]] - [[Kim Clijsters]], Belgian tennis player
* [[1984]] - [[Javier Mascherano]], Argentine fitbawer
* [[1997]] - [[Jelena Ostapenko]], Latvie tennis player

== Daiths ==
* [[632]] &ndash; [[Muhammad]], Islamic prophet (b. [[570]])
* [[1042]] &ndash; [[Harthacnut]], Dens-Inglis King (b. [[1018]])
* [[1376]] &ndash; [[Edward, the Black Prince]], Prince o Wales (b. [[1330]])
* [[1501]] &ndash; [[George Gordon, 2nt Yerl o Huntly]], Scots nobleman
* [[1505]] &ndash; [[Hongzhi Emperor]] o [[Cheenae]] (b. [[1470]])
* [[1795]] &ndash; [[Louis XVII o Fraunce]] (b. [[1785]])
* [[1845]] &ndash; [[Andrew Jackson]], 7t [[Preses o the Unitit States]] (b. [[1867]])
* [[1876]] &ndash; [[George Sand]], French writer (b. [[1804]])
* [[1882]] &ndash; [[John Scott Russell]], Scots ceevil ingineer, naval airchitect an shipbigger (b. [[1808]])
* [[1913]] &ndash; [[Emily Davison]], Inglis suffragette (b. [[1872]])
* [[1924]] &ndash; [[George Mallory]], Inglis mountaineer (b. [[1886]])
* [[1924]] &ndash; [[Andrew Irvine]], Inglis mountaineer (b. [[1902]])
* [[2009]] &ndash; [[Omar Bongo]], [[Preses]] o [[Gabon]] (b. [[1935]])
* [[2018]] &ndash; [[Anthony Bourdain]], American chef (b. [[1956]])
* [[2019]] &ndash; [[Andre Matos]], Brazilian muisicker (b. [[1971]])
* [[2020]] &ndash; [[Pierre Nkurunziza]], Preses o [[Burundi]] (b. [[1964]])

== Halidays ==
* Warld Oceans Day
* Engineers' Day ([[Peru]])
* Bounty Day ([[Norfolk Island]])
* Primoz Trubar Day ([[Slovenie]])

{{Commonscat|8 June}}

[[Category:Days o the year]]