JUNE 8: EVENTS: *632 – Muhammad, Islamic prophet, dies in Medina and is succeeded by Abu Bakr who becomes the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. *1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment. *1949 – George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. *1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history. *1992 – The first World Ocean Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. *2004 – The first Venus Transit in modern history takes place, the previous one being in 1882. BIRTHDAYS: *1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia *1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate *1975 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: *1845 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States *2012 – K. S. R. Das, Indian director IMPORTANT DAYS: *Bounty Day (Norfolk Island) *World Brain Tumor Day *World Oceans Day
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