On This Day
June 8
World Ocean Day
1896 Someone steals a car for the first time.
1912 Universal Pictures is incorporated
1942 Bing Cosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and Max Terr's Mixed Chorus hit the studio to record Silent Night
1946 The debut of Porky Pig in the cartoon Kitty Cornered
1948 On the tube the premiere of The Milton Berle Show
1949 The novel 1984 is first published written by George Orwell
1954 45s records official replace 78’s records.
1966 The NFL and the AFL merge in tho the NFL with two conferences NFC & AFC also announce a Super Bowl game
1982 With Kareem Abdul Jabbar & Magic Johnson The LA Lakers win the NBA Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy over Philadelphia 76ers.
1983 The film Trading Places is released in theatres starring Eddie Murphy, & Dan Aykroyd.
1997 Triple H is crowed WWE King of The Ring.
2001 After 21 years in the NHL Ray Bourque win his first Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche beating the New Jersey Devils
Happy Birthday
1867 Frank Lloyd Wright architect
1927 Jerry Stiller actor comedian
1933 Joan River Comedian
1940 Nancy Sinatra singer
1942 Clarence Haskins in the band Funkadelic
1959 CT Fletcher Youtuber
1962 Nick Rhodes in the Band Duran Duran
1965 Rob Pilatus in the band Milli Vanilli
1970 Teresa Strasser TV Personality
1977 Kanye West Rapper Entrepreneur
1978 Maria Menounos actress
1984 Torrey DeVitto actress
1993 Seba football player
1994 Liv Morgan WWE Wrestler
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