June 8th in History
June 8th in History
- 1969: Spain closes its border with Gibraltar
- 1986: Kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president
- 1990: Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years
June 8th birthdays
- 1625: Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer
- 1772: Robert Stevenson, English engineer
- 1810: Robert Schumann, German composer
- 1867: Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect
