User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/June 8

8 June

 * 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières - American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
 * 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault led by General George McClellan.
 * 1941 - World War II: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon.
 * 1942 - World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle
 * 1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
 * 1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.