Talk:June 8

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June 8:

• 632 - Muhammad, founder of Islam, died in Medina.
• 1887 - Herman Hollerith (pictured) received a patent for his punch card calculator.
• 1949 - George Orwell's dystopian political novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published.
• 1966 - One of the XB-70 Valkyrie prototypes is destroyed in a mid-air collision with a F-104 Starfighter chase plane during a photo shoot. NASA pilot Joseph A. Walker and USAF test pilot Carl Cross were both killed.
• 2004 - Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele broke the world record for outdoor 10,000 m in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

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• 452 - Attila the Hun invades Italy

It did happen in 452, but I could not confirm the date from a good source. --mav 05:47, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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• 1790 - King's College founded by United Empire Loyalist scholars from what is now Columbia University at Windsor, Nova Scotia

It happened sometime in 1789 - I could not pin down an exact date. --mav 05:47, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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• 1824 - First patent issued in Canada

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type pages. --mav 05:47, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Moved to June 21:

• 1942 - World War II: Tobruk falls to German forces.

Nope - was on or about June 21. --mav 05:47, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)