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Today in History: June 8
0452 Attila the Hun invades Italy.

0632 Muhammad, the founder of Islam and unifier of Arabia, dies.

1863 Residents of Vicksburg flee into caves as General Ulysses S. Grant's army begins shelling the town.

1953 The Supreme Court forbids segregated lunch counters in Washington, D.C.

1966 Gemini astronaut Gene Cernan attempts to become the first man to orbit the Earth untethered to a space capsule, but is unable to when he exhausts himself fitting into his rocket pack.

1967 Israeli airplanes attack the USS Liberty, a surveillance ship, in the Mediterranean, killing 34 Navy crewmen.

1968 James Earl Ray, the alleged assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr., is captured at the London Airport.

1995 U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

2020 Lockdowns for COVID-19 in Europe saved 3 million lives according to study by Imperial College London

2020 World Bank says the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the global economy by 5.2% in 2020

2022 "Ms Marvel" TV miniseries premieres on Disney+, with Disney's first on-screen Muslim superhero story, starring Iman Vellani

Born on June 8
1625 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, astronomer.

JOTD
Three guys go in for a job interview.

The first guy goes in and kicks arse, best job interview he’s ever done in his life. End of the interview comes around, the interviewer says:
“By the way, do you notice anything strange about me?”
“Yeah,” says the guy… “You don’t have any EARS, man!”
“I’m sorry, says the interviewer, but I’m very sensitive about my ears, I’m afraid you’re not the right person for this job, get the hell out of my office!”
The second guy goes in, it’s the same thing, he is doing amazing, best job interview ever. Talks himself into 20K a year more than the advertised salary. End of the interview comes around, the interviewer says:
“By the way, do you notice anything strange about me?”
“Yeah,” says the guy… “You don’t have any EARS, man!”
“I’m sorry, says the interviewer, but I’m very sensitive about my ears, I’m afraid you’re not the right person for this job, get out of my office!”
So the third guy’s about to go in, but the first and second guy stop him and warn him “Hey, I don’t care how good you’re doing, how comfortable you feel, don’t say ANYTHING about his ears, he’ll throw you right out!”
So the third guy goes in. Again, same thing, an AMAZING interview. End of the interview comes around, the interviewer says:
“By the way, do you notice anything strange about me?”
Third guy looks real close, squints his eyes a bit and says “Yeah. You wear contact lenses, don’t you?”
“WOW!” says the interviewer, “That is REALLY perceptive of you! How did you know?”
“Well…” Says guy three…
“You sure as hell couldn’t wear glasses!”