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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_8" title="June 8">June 8</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York,_Upper_Canada" title="York, Upper Canada">York, Upper Canada</a>, members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Compact" title="Family Compact">Family Compact</a> destroyed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie" title="William Lyon Mackenzie">William Lyon Mackenzie</a>'s printing press in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_Riot" title="Types Riot">Types Riot</a></b> after Mackenzie accused them of corruption.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929" title="1929">1929</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bondfield" title="Margaret Bondfield">Margaret Bondfield</a></b> became the first female member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a> when she was named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Employment" title="Secretary of State for Employment">Minister of Labour</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a> commenced the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign" title="Syria–Lebanon campaign">Syria–Lebanon campaign</a></b> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy French</a> possessions in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levant</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953" title="1953">1953</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Flint%E2%80%93Beecher_tornado" title="1953 Flint–Beecher tornado">An F5 tornado</a> struck <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beecher,_Michigan" title="Beecher, Michigan">Beecher, Michigan</a>, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint%E2%80%93Worcester_tornado_outbreak_sequence" title="Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence">a larger tornado outbreak sequence</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_York" title="William of York">William of York</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1154); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Agnes_Benneson" title="Cora Agnes Benneson">Cora Agnes Benneson</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1919); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Burns" title="Lauren Burns">Lauren Burns</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1974); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Bongo" title="Omar Bongo">Omar Bongo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Omar_Bongo" title="Death and state funeral of Omar Bongo">2009</a>)</p>
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