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June 8th in History

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June 8th in History
1969: Spain closes its border with Gibraltar
1986: Kurt Waldheim, former Nazi, chosen as the new Austrian president
1990: Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 years


June 8th birthdays
1625: Giovanni Cassini, Italian astronomer
1772: Robert Stevenson, English engineer
1810: Robert Schumann, German composer
1967: Frank LLoyd Wright, American architect