Ten years ago: A suicide truck bomber struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S. soldier. Find out what else happened today.
Max Schmeling, left, German heavyweight, gets a few pointers from the former heavyweight champion, Jack Dempsey, during the chat at Maxie's training camp at Lake Swannanca, N.J., May 20, 1933. Schmeling is training for his upcoming fight with Max Baer at Yankee Stadium in New York, June 8. (AP Photo)
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A magnificent fireworks display at Westminster, London, made a glorious ending to the victory celebrations held in the British capital. Immediately prior to the firework display the King arrived at the Houses of Parliament by water, and was greeted by a salute from 80 searchlights of the Anti-Aircraft Command. A general view of the scene at Westminster, London, on June 8, 1946, when the searchlights saluted the arrival of the King George VI at the Houses of Parliament. The crowded Lambeth Bridge is in foreground, and Westminster Bridge in background. (AP Photo/Priest)
AP Photo/Priest
Brooklyns Floyd Patterson slams a long right to the face of Tommy Hurricane Jackson, of Far Rockaway, New York, in first round of their feature bout at Madison Square Garden, New York on June 8, 1956. Jackson took much of the blow on raised gloves. (AP Photo/ML)
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Astronaut Scott M. Carpenter in civilian clothes, looking out of rocket nose cone with astronaut John Glenn on June 8, 1959. (AP Photo/CPG)
AP Photo/CPG
Pall bearers stand over the casket of assassinated New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo)
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Mourners stand outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on the day of the funeral for assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo)
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Newspapers, paper bag and an air travel guide which were found in the bed room of the Pax Hotel, where a man identifying himself as Ramon George Sneyd, are lying near a dust bin outside the hotel in Pimlico, London, on June 10, 1968. The proprietor of the hotel, Mrs. Anna Thomas said that Ramon George Sneyd lived in her hotel from June 5 to June 8. Ramon George Sneyd was arrested at Londons airport on June 8 for carrying a false passport and a loaded gun. United States Assistant Attorney General is seeking a speedy extradition for the man believed to be James Earl Ray, accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King. James Earl Ray had a preliminary hearing in court and was remanded in custody without bail until June 18. (AP Photo/F. Tewkesbury)
AP Photo/F. Tewkesbury
South Vietnamese forces follow after terrified children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, as they run down Route 1 near Trang Bang after an aerial napalm attack on suspected Viet Cong hiding places on June 8, 1972. A South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped its flaming napalm on South Vietnamese troops and civilians. The terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing. The children from left to right are: Phan Thanh Tam, younger brother of Kim Phuc, who lost an eye, Phan Thanh Phouc, youngest brother of Kim Phuc, Kim Phuc, and Kim's cousins Ho Van Bon, and Ho Thi Ting. Behind them are soldiers of the Vietnam Army 25th Division. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
AP Photo/Nick Ut
John Willie Horne is arrested by police in Greensboro, North Carolina Sunday, June 8, 1987 after he broke through police line during a Ku Klux Klan march, (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)
AP Photo/Bob Jordan
Gliders loaded with American Infantrymen and towed by C 47's of the Ninth Air Force Troop carrying command head in over the Coast of France for the invasion of the continent, leaving English Channel behind. June 8, 1944 photo. (AP Photo)
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Smoke stream from a U.S. coast guard landing boat approaching the French Coast on June 8, 1944 after German machine gun fire caused an explosion by setting off an American soldier?s hand grenade. (AP Photo)
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Colorado Avalance goalie Patrick Roy is resigned to a barrage of rats thrown by fans after the Florida Panthers scored a goal in the first period of the 3rd game of the Stanley Cup Finals in Miami Saturday, June 8, 1996. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
The Southern Cross being towed out onto the airfield at Oakland, Ca., on June 8, 1928, before setting off to Australia. Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm will be attempting the 7,500 mile record flight. (AP Photo)
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This is a general view during the opening of the Republican National Convention in the Coliseum in Chicago, Ill., June 8, 1920. (AP Photo)
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Chicago White Sox right handed pitcher Ted Lyons is pictured, June 8, 1927. (AP Photo)
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Cars from Lebanon carrying demonstrators in Jordan are pictured, June 8, 1967. (AP Photo/Bernhard Frye)
AP Photo/Bernhard Frye
Francis Peabody Hamlin, reputed member of a prominent Boston family and an employee of the Cunard steamship line, is shown after voluntarily speaking to New York and Boston officials investigating the death of Miss Starr Faithfull, 25, in New York, June 10, 1931. Miss Faithfull's body was found in the surf at Long Beach, on Long Island, N.Y., on June 8. Hamlin said he knew Miss Faithfull in a business way. The investigators said they considered his added information "extremely valuable. (AP Photo)
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FILE - This is a June 8, 1932, file photo showing the administration building of the Olympic Village, where athletes from around the world will live, during the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The large archway in the center is the entrance to the village. The U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday named Los Angeles as its candidate for the 2024 Games, replacing Boston's soured bid and marking a comeback for LA's dream of becoming a three-time host of the global sports competition. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE - A group of American assault troops who stormed Normandy, France take time out for food on June 8, 1944. (AP Photo, File)
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A massive flow of lava molten rocks and ash from Mount Unzen begins to race down a valley, raising huge clouds of ash and hot gas in Shimabara, Japan on Saturday afternoon, June 8, 1991. This is one of the series of the first large scale outflow from the volcano since its eruption Monday. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
Starr Faithfull Death 1931 Starr Faithfull, 25, daughter of a wealthy Boston, Mass. and New York manufacturing chemist, whose body was found in the surf at Long Beach, Long Island, June 8, three days after her disappearance from her home in New York, is shown in a 1931 photo. While the autopsy established that the young college graduate had met her death by drowning, the Nassau County, NY authorities decided on June 9 to defer any decision as to whether she killed herself or was the victim of foul play. It is conceded that she died in the water, but thus far there is no evidence to show how she got there. (AP Photo)
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Hazel Wightman, left, talks to members of the women's American Wightman Cup team gathered for practice at Wimbledon, England, June 8, 1932. The players participating in the ladies international tennis challenge, from left, are, Mrs. Fabian, Dorothy Bundy, Helen Wills, Alice Marble, and Helen Jacobs. (AP Photo)
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Army Balloon S-16 During Race The army balloon S-16 can be seen in the center of the photo during start of the race on June 8, 1926. American balloonist took first and second place. Location unknown. (AP Photo)
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Young Sam Parks, Jr. of Pittsburgh, sinks his putt at Oakmont's eighteenth hole, June 8, 1935 while a large gallery looks on to win the U.S. National Open. (AP Photo)
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A crowd of 17,000 saw Lou Meyers, thrice winner of the 500 mile race over the Indianapolis Speedway, defeat Babe Strapp, mid-eastern AAA champion, and winner of all three races at the Roby Race track in Richmond, Ind., on June 8, 1936 last year. Meyers won both the first and finale heats. A special match race at the Roby Race Track. (AP Photo)
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A group on horseback travel up a path at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, June 8, 1938. (AP Photo)
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Under heavy German machine gun fire, American infantrymen wade ashore off the ramp of a Coast Guard landing craft on June 8, 1944, during the invasion of the French coast of Normandy in World War II. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard
Astronaut Ed White faces the Gemini 4 capsule during his 20-minute space "walk" on June 8, 1965. In his right hand, White holds his oxygen space gun to maneuver around the capsule. A 35-mm camera is attached to the space gun. Astronaut James McDivitt took this photograph with a Hasselblad camera. (AP Photo/NASA/James McDivitt)
AP Photo/NASA/James McDivitt
A column of tanks of the Israeli Army is seen at an unknown location, on June 8, 1967, on the third day of the Six-Day War between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. (AP Photo)
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King Carol in the parliament at Bucharest, Romania on June 11, 1930, when he took the oath and addressed the assembly. (AP Photo)
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Thiersee villagers in their picturesque national dress arriving on the Thierses, Germany shore to watch the first dress rehearsal of the Passion Play on June 8, 1935. (AP Photo)
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Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Amsterdam to welcome Queen Wilhelmina. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, who made their first official visit to the city, were also enthusiastically welcomed from the balcony of the Royal Palace, where they heard 19,000 children and adults sing national airs. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, with Queen Wilhelmina, left, acknowledging the songs of the people from the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on June 8, 1937. (AP Photo)
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Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Amsterdam to welcome Queen Wilhelmina. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, who made their first official visit to the city, were also enthusiastically welcomed from the balcony of the Royal Palace, where they heard 19,000 children and adults sing national airs. Princess Juliana, left, and Prince Bernhard, with Queen Wilhelmina,right, acknowledging the songs of the people from the balcony of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam on June 8, 1937. (AP Photo)
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A ten thousand ton German cruiser was launched at Kiel and it was named Bluecher after the battleship which was sunk in the battle off the Dogger Bank. The ceremony was performed by Admiral Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy. The new German Cruiser Bluecher going down the slipway during the launching at Kiel, on June 8, 1937. (AP Photo)
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Baylor's Sam Boyd is shown in Waco, Texas, in 1938. Boyd, an all-conference wide receiver at Baylor and who became coach of the Bears in the 1950s and led them to their only Sugar Bowl berth, died at his home in Granbury, Texas, on Friday, June 8, 2001, at the age of 86. (AP Photo)
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For the first time in history, a reigning monarch and his consort have paid an official visit to the United States, when Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth crossed the border from Canada. The King with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the first car, followed by the Queen with Eleanor Roosevelt, drove through deliriously cheering crowds from the citys Union Station to the White House, where their majesties will be the guests of the President and his wife. American Marines lined the route. A general view of the procession with the Capitol in the background, traveling from the Union Station in Washington to the White House on June 8, 1939. (AP Photo)
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King George VI ride along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, June 8, 1939, in a history-making event that brought a reigning King of Britain to the United States for the first time. (AP Photo)
Today is Friday, June 8, the 159th day of 2018. There are 206 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 8, 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On this date:
In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina.
In 1042, Edward the Confessor became King of England, beginning a reign of 23 1/2 years.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1917, during World War I, Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, arrived in Liverpool, England, while en route to France; also, the 1st Expeditionary Division (later the 1st Infantry Division) was organized at Fort Jay in New York.
In 1920, the Republican National Convention opened in Chicago; its delegates ended up nominating Warren G. Harding for president.
In 1939, Britain’s King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in Washington, D.C., where they were received at the White House by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1948, the “Texaco Star Theater” made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle guest-hosting the first program. (Berle was later named the show’s permanent host.)
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks. Eight tornadoes struck Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, killing 126 people.
In 1967, during the six-day Middle East war, 34 American servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean Sea. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)
In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called “Mormon will,” purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
In 1987, Fawn Hall began testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings, describing how, as secretary to National Security aide Oliver L. North, she had helped shred some documents and spirit away others.
In 1998, the National Rifle Association elected actor Charlton Heston to be its president.
Ten years ago: A suicide truck bomber struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S. soldier. A man went on a knifing rampage in Tokyo, killing seven people. Rafael Nadal won his fourth consecutive French Open title in a rout, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, again spoiling Roger Federer’s bid to complete a career Grand Slam. Yani Tseng of Taiwan became the first rookie in 10 years to win a major, beating Maria Hjorth on the fourth hole of a playoff with a 5-foot birdie on the 18th hole to win the LPGA Championship in Maryland.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) concluded a two-day summit in the California desert that ended with few policy breakthroughs but the prospect of closer personal ties. Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4. Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
One year ago: Former FBI Director James Comey, testifying before Congress, asserted that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia’s ties to the Trump campaign. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s strategy of calling an early election backfired as her Conservatives lost their majority in Parliament. Actress Glenne Headly died in Santa Monica, California, at age 62. Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded women’s finalist at the French Open in more than 30 years by beating Timea Bacsinszky, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3. (Ostapenko went on to win the title.)
Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 91. Actress Millicent Martin is 84. Actor James Darren is 82. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 78. Singer Chuck Negron is 76. Musician Boz Scaggs is 74. Author Sara Paretsky is 71. Actress Sonia Braga is 68. Actress Kathy Baker is 68. Country musician Tony Rice is 67. Rock singer Bonnie Tyler is 67. Actor Griffin Dunne is 63. “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams is 61. Actor-director Keenen Ivory Wayans is 60. Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) is 58. Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 56. Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) is 52. Actress Julianna Margulies is 51. Actor Dan Futterman is 51. Actor David Sutcliffe is 49. Actor Kent Faulcon is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert is 48. Actress Kelli Williams is 48. Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is 48. Actor Mark Feuerstein is 47. Contemporary Christian musician Mike Scheuchzer (MercyMe) is 43. Actor Eion Bailey is 42. Tennis player Lindsay Davenport is 42. Rapper Kanye (KAHN’-yay) West is 41. TV personality-actress Maria Menounos is 40. Country singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson is 40. Blues-rock musician Derek Trucks (The Derek Trucks Band) is 39. Rock singer Alex Band (The Calling) is 37. Folk-bluegrass singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 37. Tennis player Kim Clijsters is 35. Actress Torrey DeVitto is 34. Tennis player Jelena Ostapenko is 21.
Thought for Today: “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” — Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman (circa 5 B.C.-A.D. 65).
