* Astronomy

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 8, 1937. The path of totality crossed the pacific ocean starting in Micronesia, and ending at sunset in western South America. Read more Ed ~ This was the first total solar eclips...

Alicia Boole Stott (June 8, 1860, Cork, Ireland December 17, 1940, England) was a British mathematician, the third daughter of George Boole and Mary Everest Boole. She is best known for coining the term "polytope" for a convex solid in four dimensions, and having an impressive grasp of f...

Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA (born 8 June 1955), also known as "TimBL," is a British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web Read more

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 8-9, 1956. It began near sunrise over New Zealand on June 9th, and ended west of South America on June 8th. Read more

The Ste. Marguerite (H4) meteorite fell in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, on the 8th June, 1962. A total mass of 4.96 kg was recovered. 50° 46'N, 3° 0'E

The Ogi (H6) meteorite fell in Kyushu, Japan, on the 8th June, 1741. A total mass of 14.36 kg was recovered. 33° 17'N, 130° 12'E

Luna 6, or E-6 No.7 was an unmanned Soviet spacecraft which was intended to perform a landing on the Moon as part of the Luna program. Due to the failure of a mid-course correction manoeuvre, Luna 6 failed to land, instead flying past the Moon at a distance of 160,000 kilometres. [url=http://en.wikip...

13 June 1878 Ulladulla. Monday. [Herald.] - On Saturday afternoon, at 3 30, an extraordinary meteorological phenomenon passed over the district from N E. to S.W. It appeared like a ball of fire, with a tail to it, and was apparently as large as the sun, and so brilliant that it was painful to look at it....

Anthropologists have discovered a beautiful Greek waterfront paradise once inhabited by generations of Neanderthals up to 100,000 years ago, according to a new study. This particular population was based at what is known as The Kalamakia Middle Paleolithic Cave site on the Mani peninsula of sou...

The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) was a space telescope for ultraviolet (UV) astronomy, launched on June 7, 1992. With instruments for UV radiation between wavelengths of 7 and 76 nm, the EUVE was the first satellite mission especially for the short-wave ultraviolet range. [url=http://e...

Rehbar-I or Rehbar-1 was a family member of Pakistan's space launch vehicles, Rehbar Sounding Rocket Program. Rehbar-I was the first rocket launched into outer space by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), on 7 June 1962. Rehbar-I was the Solid fuel rocket with a combina...

Kurt Josten (full name Conrad Hermann Hubertus Maria Apollinaris Josten, aka C. H. Josten; 7 June 1912, Neuss, Germany - 10 July 1994, Neuss) was a historian of science and Curator of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford in England. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Josten]Read m...

The Battle of Messines was a battle of the western front of the First World War. It began on 7 June 1917 when the British Second Army under the command of General Herbert Plumer launched an offensive near the village of Mesen (Messines) in West Flanders, Belgium. Co-ordinated by the Corps of Royal Engi...

Francesco Denza (7 June 1834 - 14 December 1894) was an Italian meteorologist and astronomer. Read more

The Sone (H5) meteorite fell in Kinki, Japan, on the 7th June, 1866. A total mass of 17.1 kg was recovered. 35° 10'N, 135° 20'E