THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017

Today is Thursday, June 8, the 159th day of 2017. There are 206 days left in the year.

1965 — U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam

1965 — USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon

1968 — Don Drysdale pitches a record 58th consecutive scoreless inning

1968 — Gary Puckett & The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"

1968 — James Earl Ray, alleged assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., captured

1968 — New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted

1969 — Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor replaces Brian Jones

1974 — Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits the rock group "Yes"

1975 — Two passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 3