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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/1783" title="1783">1783</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki" title="Laki">Laki</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fissure_vent" title="Fissure vent">volcanic fissure</a> in Iceland, began an eight-month eruption, triggering a major famine and causing widespread <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride_toxicity" title="Fluoride toxicity">fluoride poisoning</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blamey" title="Thomas Blamey">Thomas Blamey</a></b> became the only Australian to attain the rank of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_marshal_(Australia)" title="Field marshal (Australia)">field marshal</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident" title="USS Liberty incident">attacked</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> intelligence ship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_(AGTR-5)" title="USS Liberty (AGTR-5)">USS <i>Liberty</i></a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">international waters</a>, killing 34 people and <span class="nowrap">wounding 171 others.</span></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_South_Wales_storms" title="2007 New South Wales storms">A major storm</a> caused the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carrier</a> <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Xanthea" title="MV Xanthea"><i>Pasha Bulker</i></a></b> to run aground in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a> – Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_imprisonment_of_American_journalists_by_North_Korea" title="2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea">sentenced to twelve years hard labor</a></b> before being pardoned two months later.</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/Suharto" title="Suharto">Suharto</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921); <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/Kim_Clijsters" title="Kim Clijsters">Kim Clijsters</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1983)</p>
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