BEST FRIENDS DAY
Best Friends Day falls on June 8 each year to honor your closest and dearest friend. The relationship between best friends is often fierce and can withstand distance, storms and silence. Whether we've known them all our lives or they are more recently acquired, best friends make tough times bearable, fun times memorable, and memorable times priceless. Read more...
NATIONAL UPSY DAISY DAY
Each year on June 8, we celebrate National Upsy Daisy Day. This fun day is set aside to encourage everyone to face the day positively and to get up 'gloriously, gratefully and gleefully' each morning. Learn more...
NATIONAL NAME YOUR POISON DAY
National Name Your Poison Day on June 8 places a few options before you and challenges you to choose. In the case of National Name Your Poison Day, the idiom can be a cautionary one. So, whether you are choosing how to vote or choosing what you want for dinner, it's time to make a decision and name your poison. Read more...
Coming on June 9, 2025
National Days
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
NATIONAL EARL DAY
NATIONAL DONALD DUCK DAY
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE DAY
Notable Birthdays for June 8
Robert Morris (1823-1882) - Considered to be the first successful Black lawyer in the U.S.
Thomas J. Higgins (1831-1917) - Union Army recipient of the Medal of Honor for his valor during the Civil War.
Ida McKinley (1847-1907) - 25th First Lady of the U.S. (President McKinley).
Frank Wright (1867-1959) - Architect considered the greatest architect of all time who designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater.
Robert Robinson Taylor (1868-1942) - The first Black student to enroll at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Gordon McLendon (1921-1986) - Radio broadcaster nicknamed the "Maverick of Radio" for perfecting the Top 40 radio format on air in the 1950s and 1960s.
Barbara Bush (1925-2018) - The 41st First Lady of the U.S. (George H. W. Bush).
Jerry Stiller (1927-2020) - Comedian who played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and also the father of actor Ben Stiller.
Joan Rivers (1933-2014) - Comedian and television host.
Nancy Sinatra (1940-Still Living) - Singer of These Boots Are Made for Walkin'.
Scott Adams (1957-Still Living) - Illustrator who created the Dilbert comic strip.
Memorable Events for June 8
1789 - James Madison introduces 12 proposed amendments to Constitution (Bill of Rights).
1861 - The U.S. Sanitary Commission is given executive approval to form.
1906 - President Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act, authorizing the President of the U.S. to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
1948 - John Rudder becomes the first Black commissioned officer in Marines.
1963 - The American Heart Association becomes the first agency to campaign against smoking.
1965 - U.S. troops are ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam.
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