Today in History
Today in History. Jun.8
1815- 39 German states agree to unite into a single entity in accordance with a confederal constitution known as the Law of Confederation.
1919 – Establishment of the Arabic Language Complex in Damascus.
1942 – Japanese naval forces bombed the city of Sydney, Australia during World War II.
1944 – General Bernard Montgomery arrives on the coast of Normandy to lead British forces participating in the battle to liberate France from Nazism.
1986 – Kurt Waldheim was elected President of Austria.
2014 – Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was inaugurated as President of Egypt, succeeding interim President Adly Mansour.
Born on this day:
1625 – Giovanni Cassini, Italian mathematician.
1936 – Kenneth Wilson, American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1982
Died on this day:
1042 – King Hardicanute, King of England.
1845 – Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.
Holidays and occasions:
World Oceans Day.
Basma Qaddour