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On June 8, 218: Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.

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Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.

The Battle of Antioch was fought between the Roman army of the Emperor Macrinus and his rival Elagabalus, whose troops were commanded by General Gannys, probably a short distance from Antioch. Gannys' victory over Macrinus led to the downfall of the emperor and his replacement by Elagabalus.

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Born on June 8

Francesca Capaldi 2004– American actress (born 2004)
Jeļena Ostapenko 1997– Latvian tennis player (born 1997)
Ferland Mendy 1995– French footballer (born 1995)
Liv Morgan 1994– American professional wrestler (born 1994)
Timea Bacsinszky 1989– Swiss professional tennis player
Keith Gill 1986– American financial analyst and investor (born 1986)
Javier Mascherano 1984– Argentine football manager and former player (born 1984)
Kim Clijsters 1983– Belgian former tennis player (born 1983)
Nadia Petrova 1982– Russian tennis player (born 1982)
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Rachel Held Evans 1981– American writer
Maria Menounos 1978– American and Greek TV host (born 1978)
Kanye West 1977– American rapper and producer (born 1977)
Lindsay Davenport 1976– American former tennis player (born 1976)
Mark Ricciuto 1975– Australian rules footballer
Lauren Burns 1974– Australian taekwondo practitioner (born 1974)
Bernard Grech 1971– Maltese politician and lawyer
Kelli Williams 1970– American actress
Russell E. Morris 1967– British chemist (born 1967)

People

Died on June 8

Ramoji Rao Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (1936–2024)
Chet Walker American basketball player (1940–2024)
Pat Robertson American media mogul and minister (1930–2023)
Paula Rego Portuguese visual artist (1935–2022)
Andre Matos Brazilian singer and musician (1971–2019)
Anthony Bourdain American chef and travel documentarian (1956–2018)
Chea Sim Cambodian politician (1932–2015)
Alexander Imich Polish–American scientist (1903–2014)
Yoshihito Japanese prince (1948–2014)
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Paul Cellucci American lawyer and politician (1948–2013)
Yoram Kaniuk Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic (1930–2013)
Taufiq Kiemas Indonesian politician (1942–2013)
Charles E. M. Pearce New Zealand/Australian mathematician
Ghassan Tueni Lebanese journalist and politician (1926–2012)
Denise Narcisse-Mair Canadian musician (1940–2010)
Omar Bongo President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009
Jaxon American cartoonist
Matta El Meskeen Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk

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  1. 218 Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.

    Roman battle between rivals for the throne

    The Battle of Antioch was fought between the Roman army of the Emperor Macrinus and his rival Elagabalus, whose troops were commanded by General Gannys, probably a short distance from Antioch. Gannys' victory over Macrinus led to the downfall of the emperor and his replacement by Elagabalus.

  2. 452 Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces as he heads for Rome.

    Ruler of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453

    Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in early 453. He was also the leader of an empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, Alans, and Gepids, among others, in Central and Eastern Europe.

  3. 793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.

    Tidal island in northeast England

    Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery, which was destroyed during the Viking invasions but re-established as a priory following the Norman Conquest of England.

  4. 1042 Edward the Confessor becomes King of England – the country's penultimate Anglo-Saxon king.

    King of the English from 1042 to 1066

    Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.

  5. 1191 King Richard I of England arrives in Acre, beginning the Third Crusade.

    King of England from 1189 to 1199

    Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and was therefore not expected to become king, but his two elder brothers predeceased their father.

  6. 1663 Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain.
  7. 1772 Alexander Fordyce flees to France to avoid debt repayment, triggering the credit crisis of 1772 in the British Empire and the Dutch Republic.
  8. 1776 American Revolutionary War: Continental Army attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
  9. 1783 Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
  10. 1789 James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
  11. 1794 Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large organized festivals all across France.
  12. 1856 A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
  13. 1861 American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
  14. 1862 American Civil War: A Confederate victory by forces under General Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Cross Keys, along with the Battle of Port Republic the next day, prevents Union forces from reinforcing General George B. McClellan in his Peninsula campaign.
  15. 1867 Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
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  1. 1887 Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
  2. 1906 Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  3. 1924 British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing.
  4. 1928 Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Beijing, whose name is changed to Beiping ("Northern Peace").
  5. 1929 Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
  6. 1940 World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian campaign.
  7. 1941 World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
  8. 1942 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
  9. 1943 World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins.
  10. 1949 George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States
  11. 1953 An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, United States, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
  12. 1953 The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
  13. 1959 USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
  14. 1961 Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster.
  15. 1966 An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.

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