By The Associated Press
                        - Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 159th day of 1999. There are 206 days
                          left in the year.

                        - On June 8, 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israeli
                          warplanes attacked the Liberty, a Navy ship stationed in the
                          Mediterranean. (Israel called the attack a tragic mistake.)
                        - In A.D. 632 the prophet Mohammed died.
                        - In 1845 Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the U.S., died in
                          Nashville, Tenn.
                        - In 1861 Tennessee seceded from the Union.
                        - In 1915 Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a
                          disagreement over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.
                        - In 1948 the "Texaco Star Theater" made its debut on NBC TV with
                          Milton Berle guest-hosting the first program. (Berle was later named
                          the show's permanent host.)
                        - In 1953 the Supreme Court ruled restaurants in the District of
                          Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.
                        - In 1968 authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl
                          Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther
                          King Jr.
                        - In 1978 a jury in Clark County, Nev., ruled the so-called "Mormon
                          will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes,
                          was a forgery.
                        - In 1982 President Reagan became the first American chief executive
                          to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

                        - Ten years ago Chinese Premier Li Peng appeared on TV, praising a
                          group of army soldiers, apparently for their role in crushing the
                          student-led pro-democracy movement.
                        - Five years ago Bosnia's warring factions agreed to a one-month
                          cease-fire. President Clinton returned to Oxford University, where
                          he was a Rhodes scholar, to receive an honorary doctorate.
                        - One year ago the National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston
                          its president. The shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending
                          America's three-year space partnership with Russia. Nigerian
                          dictator Sani Abacha died at age 54.

                        *Happy Birthday*
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                        - Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White is 82.
                        - Former President Suharto of Indonesia is 78.
                        - Former First Lady Barbara Bush is 74.
                        - Actress Dana Wynter is 69.
                        - Comedian Joan Rivers is 66.
                        - Actress Millicent Martin is 65.
                        - Actor James Darren is 63.
                        - Actor Bernie Casey is 60.
                        - Singer Nancy Sinatra is 59.
                        - Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 57.
                        - Musician Boz Scaggs is 55.
                        - Actor Don Grady is 55.
                        - Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 52.
                        - Actress Sonia Braga is 49.
                        - Actress Kathy Baker is 49.
                        - Country musician Tony Rice is 48.
                        - Actress Julianna Margulies is 32.
                        - Actor Dan Futterman is 32.