June 8

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June 7-June 9, 1903: 1902-1903 session ends - Commencement held.
1958: At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, Robert Cook Edwards is announced as the new acting president in the wake of the death of President Robert Franklin Poole on June 6.
1992: Grad student Norsaadah Husain is abducted from the Suds and Duds coin-operated laundry in Central; her remains are later found near the Oconee nuclear power plant by a hunter. This case is still open.
2007: The Clemson baseball team takes on Mississippi State in the Super Regionals at Starkville, Mississippi at 11:00 AM CT, televised by ESPN. Mississippi State scores eight runs in innings 5-7 to rally for an 8-6 win over fifth-ranked Clemson in game one of the Starkville Super Regional, in front of 12,620 fans at Dudy Noble Field. This is the largest crowd to ever see an NCAA Super Regional game. The 17th-ranked Bulldogs, take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series, improving to 37-20 overall, while the Tigers fall to 41-22.