On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced his proposed Bill of Rights to Congress.

In September of that year Congress adopted 12 amendments, just 2 years after the signing of the U.S. Constitution.
In 1791, 10 amendments were ratified.

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On June 8, 1845, the 7th President of The United States, Andrew Jackson passed away in his hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee.

Image: Death of Genl. Andrew Jackson, 1845 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On June 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated to a second term as President at the National Union Party’s National Convention.

The following day he wrote:
“I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that “it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams.”

Image of Abraham Lincoln in 1864 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On June 8, 1953, a deadly outbreak of tornadoes occurred from the Midwest to New England in what is known as the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence.

Image of an F4 tornado near Erie, Michigan on June 8, 1953 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Rapid transit construction work at Union Square, New York City,

– June 8, 1901

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Frank Lloyd Wright (born June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin) envisioned The Illinois, a mile-high, 528-floor skyscraper for Chicago in 1956, which would have soared twice as tall as today’s Burj Khalifa and more than four times the height of the Empire State Building. Designed to house 100,000 occupants, it featured 76 ultra-fast elevators, parking for 15,000 cars and 100 helicopters, and a sleek tripod structure to counter wind resistance. Though never built, it reflected his visionary ambition, alongside his real-world masterpieces such as Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum, and Robie House, which shaped modern architecture.

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Yankee Stadium
June 8, 1933

Max Schmeling of Germany on the floor after his opponent, Max Baer of California, landed a devastating right.

Referee stopped the heavyweight bout after one minute and 51 seconds in the tenth round.
Max Baer wins by TKO.

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A photo of Ocean House at Watch Hill, Rhode Island taken on June 8, 1874, not many years after the Victorian-style waterfront resort was built in 1868.
It was totally demolished in 2005 and a new “Victorian” structure with 49 rooms was built at the same site five years later.

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The man who drew the first Captain Marvel comic, C.C. Beck, was born on June 8, 1910 in Zumbrota, Minnesota.

Image of Beck in the 1940s from Carolynimhoff – CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral took place on June 8, 1968. Thousands gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City to pay their respects, including Coretta Scott King and President Lyndon B. Johnson. After the service, a funeral train carried Kennedy’s body from New York to Washington, D.C., where he was laid to rest next to his brother, John F. Kennedy, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Image of RFK from the front of his funeral card in 1968 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Boeing Plant No. 1, near Seattle on the Duwamish River, photographed on June 8, 1917. Two months prior Boeing had received a contract from the US Navy to build 51 Model C two-seat training seaplanes.

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Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Nancy Sinatra, was born on June 8, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Image from 1966 of pop singer Nancy Sinatra wearing a pair of white knee-high boots during a reception given in her honor by Pye Records in London. During her stay she appeared on television, recorded a new album and promoted her latest single ‘How Does That Grab You, Darlin’?’ via Alamy

On June 8, 1947, the Lassie radio show was broadcast for the first time.
The TV series “Lassie” debuted about 7 years later.

Image: Lassie from the 1950s via Wikimedia Commons, public domain