Thursday, June 8, 2000
History today -- 8:12 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1783: Iceland's Laki volcano began erupting. It was one of the most violent volcanic eruptions recorded.
- 1789: The Bill of Rights, which led to first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution, was proposed by James Madison.
- 1953: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.
- 1967, Israel attacked the U.S.S. Liberty without warning.
- 1968: James Earl Ray, wanted for the assassination of Martin Luther King, was arrested in London.
- 1990: After four decades of Communist rule, Czechoslovaks gave a sweeping election victory to former dissidents of the Civic Forum movement.
- 1994: An 8.2 magnitude earthquake rocked a remote area of Bolivia.
- 1996: China carried out a nuclear explosion at the Lop Nor test site in northwestern Xinjiang.
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