Its vault was thought to be impregnable, but the bank had not reckoned on the ingenuity of a determined thief who died on this day, with the loot still missing.

Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, visits Alabama Governor George Wallace, perhaps the single most famous supporter of racial segregation in modern history, as he recovers from an assassination attempt on June 8, 1972.

Three days after falling prey to an assassin in California, Senator Robert F.

On June 8, 1966, the rival National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) announce that they will merge.

George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, 1984, is published on June 8, 1949.

Hollywood figures, including film stars Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni, and Edward G.

On June 8, 1948, a hand-built aluminum prototype labeled “No.

On June 8, 1924, English geologist Noel Odell catches sight of George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, two fellow members of a British expedition to climb Mount Everest, far in the distance, each man a “tiny black spot” silhouetted against the snow.

Chief Cochise, one of the great leaders of the Apache Indians in their battles with the Anglo-Americans, dies on the Chiricahua reservation in southeastern Arizona.

In Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies in the arms of Aisha, his third and favorite wife.