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