Template:Selected anniversaries/June 8
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1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.
1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.
1912: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.