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8th June 1968 : James Earl Ray was arrested in London Airport on charges of conspiracy and murder in connection with the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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8th June 1967 : During the Six-Day War , Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attack the USS Liberty in international waters off Egypt's Gaza Strip
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8th June 1978 : Naomi James breaks the solo round-the-world sailing record by two days with her 53 ft yacht Express Crusader when she crossed the finish line in Dartmouth taking 272 days to complete the record.
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8th June 1998 : The three surviving members of the Beatles are reunited for the Memorial Service of Paul's wife Linda who died earlier this year from breast cancer. Many other stars turned out to pay tribute to Linda McCartney including Elton John, Spike Milligan, Joanna Lumley, Pete Townshend and Sting
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8th June 2001 : Tony Blair and the British labour party are elected to a second term winning 413 seats against the Conservative party with 166 seats and the Liberal Democrats winning 52 seats giving the labour party a majority of 167 overall in the house of commons
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8th June, 2007 : The first president of Somalia, Aden Abdulle Osman, who was elected in 1960 when British and Italian colonies joined to create the country of Somalia. Osman was also the first African leader to voluntarily give up power after his defeat in the 1967 election. Osman was ninety-nine years old and died in a Kenyan hospital after being in a coma, family had stated that Osman had wished to see Somalia achieve a peaceful state.
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8th June, 2009 : A North Korean court sentenced two American journalists to twelve years of hard labor after being convicted of entering the country illegally and committing "hostile acts'. Euna Lee and Laura Ling were arrested in March after crossing the border with China while working on a story about refugees for Current TV.
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8th June, 2011 : Eleven people were killed after gunmen attacked La Victoria drugs clinic in Torreon, Mexico. The drug treatment center located in the Northern state of Coahuila, was attacked for unknown reasons, but police stated it was likely the work of hitmen related to the drug gangs in the area
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8th June, 2012 : The Japanese camera and medical supply maker Olympus stated that they planned on cutting 2,700 jobs as part of an effort to restore its financial health. The company was also planning on cutting its number of worldwide factories to 18 from 30, and reducing its overall workforce by seven percent over five years.
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9th June 1934 : Donald Duck makes his first film appearance, in The Wise Little Hen, a short by Walt Disney.
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9th June 1930 : Jake Lingle, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, was shot and killed today at the Illinois Central train station as part of a gangland hit as the reporter knew to much about the Gangs operating in Chicago
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9th June 1953 : A series of 6 Tornadoes hit the area of Flint in Michigan and parts of Ohio yesterday killing over 140 people and leaving billions of dollars in property damage
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9th June 1970 : An assassination attempt is made on the King Hussein of Jordan when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade as it was driving near his summer palace
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9th June 1972 : The Pactola Dam in Rapid City, South Dakota collapses after heavy rain with the resulting flash flood sweeping away homes below the dam in the flood plain area and killing 230 .
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9th June 1975 : The British house of commons allows live radio broadcasts of parliament which starts on this day in history
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9th June, 2006 : The 2006 World Cup began with its opening ceremonies in Munich, Germany. The ceremony included such notables as soccer icon Pele, and supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
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9th June, 2010 : Authorities in Gambia seized over $1billion worth of cocaine that was en route to Europe. As well as finding the over two ton haul of drugs, the authorities found large amounts of cash and arms, and arrested twelve suspected traffickers
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9th June, 2011 : Russia cut half of the electric power it supplies to Belarus over unpaid bills. Officials in Belarus admitted that the country owed Russia fifty-four million dollars and was hoping for help in the form of an economic bail-out from Russia
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9th June, 2012 : Twenty-five year old tennis player Maria Sharapova beat Sara Errani in the final of the French Open to win the title. This win for Sharapova made her only the tenth woman to have completed a career Grand Slam.
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10th June 1940 : Italy declares war on France and Great Britain