1968Authorities announce a capture in London of James Earl Ray wanted for assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. Ray spends the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to killing the civil rights leader. He later recants, claiming a conspiracy targeted King.

1967Thirty four US servicemen are killed when Israeli forces raid the Liberty, a navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. Israel calls its attack which takes place during the 6-day war in the Mid-East a tragic mistake. 1869Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the great American architects of the 20th century, is born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

And 1969The New York Yankees retire Mickey Mantle's uniform No.7. Mantle known to baseball fans as the Mick pays tribute to another Yankee legend. I've often wondered how a man who know he is gonna die could stand here and say that he is the luckiest man in the world, but now I think I know how Lou Gehrig felt.

Today in History, June 8th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press