At the age of eight, Les Paul began playing the harmonica.
After learning the piano, he switched to the guitar. During
this time he invented a neck-worn harmonica holder.

Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss)
(June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009) 

Paul, was a jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, and
inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric
guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration
for the Gibson Les Paul. Paul taught himself how to play guitar,
and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he
had an early career in country music. In the 1950s, he and his
wife, singer and guitarist Mary Ford, recorded numerous records,
selling millions of copies.

Paul is credited with many recording innovations. His early
experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on
sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing, and
multitrack recording.          
         

His licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques, and
timing set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired
many guitarists of the present day. (From Wikipedia)

      
      
      
      
      
     

Les (with wife, Mary Ford) in their home recording studio.

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson
(March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) 

Religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential
candidate, and Southern Baptist minister, Robertson
founded the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1960 and
was host of “The 700 Club for more than 50 years, died at
his home in Virginia. He was 93.

On this day in history, June 8, 1969, the New York Yankees
retired slugger Mickey Mantle’s number — No. 7 — in front
of some 61,000 Major League baseball fans at the sold-out
stadium. People cheered both their approval of the player’s
athletic accomplishments and their likely dismay that he had
chosen to step away from a remarkable career. 

Yankees Mickey Mantle during his number retirement
ceremony at Yankee Stadium.

Mickey (“the Mick”) Charles Mantle
(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

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George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was
published on June 8, 1949. The novel’s all-seeing leader,
known as “Big Brother,” became a universal symbol for
intrusive government and oppressive bureaucracy.

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair ) who was born in India,
the son of a British civil servant.

Eric Arthur Blair
(25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)

On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most decisive
U.S. victories in its war against Japan—came to an end. In the
four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet
succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the
loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the tide
against the previously invincible Japanese navy.