On this day in military history, June 8: 0065 - Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem. 0218 - Battle of Antioch: Legio III Gallica defeats Macrinus to make Elagabalus Roman Emperor. 0452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun. 0793 - The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known. 1191 - Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade. 1632 - Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sittard. 1663 - Battle at Amegical: English and Portugese fleet beats Spanish. 1694 - English troop landing at Brest attack, 300 killed. 1761 - British fleet occupies Belle Britain. 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières - American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. 1846 - Battle at Gwanga: British troops beat Bantu. 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys - Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan. 1863 - American Civil War: Residents of Vicksburg flee into caves as General Ulysses S. Grant's army begins shelling the town. 1863 - American Civil War: Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest captures 1,600 troops, 16 cannons and 176 supply wagons during an attack on Union cavalry at Brice's Crossroads. 1866 - Prussia annexes the region of Holstein. 1904 - U.S. Marines land in Tangiers, Morocco, to protect U.S. citizens. 1940 - World War II: Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway. 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. 1942 - World War II: MacArthur urges an offensive in the Solomons. 1943 - World War II: Internal explosion destroys BB Mutsu, Hiroshima harbor. 1944 - World War II: Tokyo Express is turned back from Biak, losing one destroyer. 1944 - World War II: U.S. General Omar Bradley links up American troops from Omaha Beach with British troops from Gold Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer. 1959 - The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. 1965 - Vietnam War: President Johnson authorizes commanders in Vietnam to commit U.S. ground forces to combat. 1967 - Six-Day War: Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attack the intelligence ship, USS Liberty, in international waters, killing 34 and wounding 171. 1969 - Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon meets with President Thieu of South Vietnam to tell him 25,000 U.S. troops will pull out by August. 1995 - Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

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