On This Day for June 8 - Michelangelo's David installed in Florence, Frank Lloyd Wright is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. June 08 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Frank Lloyd Wright READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1504 Michelangelo's David installed in Florence READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2002: Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams to win her first French Open tennis title. [Sort fact from fiction in our tennis quiz.] 1977: American producer and rapper Kanye West—who parlayed his production success into a career as a popular critically acclaimed solo artist—was born. [Test your knowledge of hip-hop.] 1966: The National Football League and the American Football League announced a merger, which became effective in 1970. [Take our quiz about American football.] 1949: British author George Orwell published his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-four, a warning against totalitarianism that introduced such concepts as Big Brother and the Thought Police. [Take our quiz about the authors of classic literature.] 1916: Biophysicist Francis Crick, who along with James Dewey Watson and Maurice Wilkins received the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their determination of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), was born in Northampton, England. [How much do you know about the Nobel Prize?] 1867: Franz Joseph was crowned king of Hungary. [ Take our quiz about kings and emperors.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1977 Kanye West American producer and rapper 1955 Tim Berners-Lee British scientist 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright American architect 1933 Joan Rivers American entertainer 1966 Julianna Margulies American actress 1970 Gabrielle Giffords American politician SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help