June 8th:
2006 – the Iraq War: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, is killed by an allied air strike.
1968 – In America, Senator Robert Kennedy is buried in Arlington National Cemetery near his brother President John Kennedy.
1967 – During the Six-Day War, Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attack the USS Liberty in international waters off Egypt’s Gaza Strip. Israel later apologises for the attack saying that it had mistaken the identity of the boat.