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June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (161st in Leap Year s), with 205 days remaining.
Events
- 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits Suicide , imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate -imposed death by flogging.
- 1311 - Duccio 's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena Italy .
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River .
- 1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a Royal Charter for the colony of Georgia .
- 1772 - British vessel '' Gaspee '' is burned off of Rhode Island .
- 1790 - ''Philadelphia Spelling Book'' by John Barry becomes the first Book to be Copyright ed in the United States .
- an political situation is set.
- 1856 - 500 Mormon s leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- '' becomes the first Dime Novel to be published.
- , Virginia .
- 1909 - Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack , New Jersey , became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan , New York to San Francisco , California .
- 1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS ''Lusitania'' sinking.
- 1922 - First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University .
- 1923 - Bulgaria 's military takes over the government in a Coup .
- 1930 - Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers , allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone .
- 1934 - Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen .
- , under KMT administration, recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
- invades East Karelia and the Previously Finnish Part Of Karelia , since 1941 occupied by Finland .
- killing 94.
- , special counsel for the United States Army , lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army.
- 1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest Mountain ).
- 1959 - The USS ''George Washington'' is launched as the first Submarine to carry Ballistic Missile s.
- 1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown .
- 1978 - The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints opens the Priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
- 1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with Rum and setting it ablaze during a Cocaine binge.
- 1985 - Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991 ).
- 1986 - The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 1991 - The congress of the Italian Party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party .
- and NATO sign a Peace Treaty .
Births
- 1508 - Primož Trubar , Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586 )
- 1580 - Daniel Heinsius , Flemish scholar (d. 1655 )
- 1588 - Johann Andreas Herbst , German composer (d. 1666 )
- 1595 - King Wladislaus IV Of Poland (d. 1648 )
- 1640 - Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705 )
- 1661 - Tsar Feodor III Of Russia (d. 1682 )
- 1672 - Tsar Peter I Of Russia (d. 1725 )
- 1686 - Andrei Osterman , Russian statesman (d. 1747 )
- 1768 - Samuel Slater , American industrialist (d. 1835 )
- 1810 - Otto Nicolai , German composer (d. 1849 )
- 1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle , German astronomer (d. 1910 )
- 1843 - Bertha Von Suttner , Austrian novelist and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1914 )
- 1845 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl Of Minto (d. 1914 )
- 1849 - Michael Peter Ancher , Danish painter (d. 1927 )
- 1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte , French politician (d. 1921 )
- 1865 - Albéric Magnard , French composer (d. 1914 )
- 1865 - Carl Nielsen , Danish composer (d. 1931 )
- 1875 - Henry Hallett Dale , English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1968 )
- 1882 - Bobby Kerr , Canadian sprinter (d. 1963 )
- 1890 - Leslie Banks , British actor (d. 1952 )
- 1891 - Cole Porter , American composer and lyricist (d. 1964 )
- 1900 - Fred Waring , American bandleader (d. 1984 )
- 1915 - Les Paul , influential American guitarist
- 1916 - Robert McNamara , United States Secretary Of Defense and president of the World Bank
- 1921 - Arthur Hertzberg , American Jewish scholar (d. 2006 )
- 1922 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. , American poet and aviator (d. 1941 )
- 1931 - Jackie Mason , American comedian
- 1931 - Joe Santos , American actor
- 1937 - Harald Rosenthal , German biologist
- 1939 - Ileana Cotrubas , Romanian soprano
- 1939 - Dick Vitale , American sportscaster
- 1941 - Jon Lord , organist in Deep Purple
- 1947 - Kiran Bedi , The First Lady Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer
- 1952 - Uzi Hitman , Israeli singer
- 1954 - George Pérez , American comic book artist and writer
- 1956 - Patricia Cornwell , American author
- 1961 - Michael J. Fox , Canadian-born actor
- 1961 - Aaron Sorkin , American director, producer, and writer
- 1963 - Johnny Depp , American actor
- 1964 - Gloria Reuben , Canadian actress
- 1973 - Tedy Bruschi , American football player
- 1975 - Andrew Symonds , Australian cricketer
- 1977 - Roopa Mishra , the first Oriya lady to top the Civils Services Examination of India and also the first married lady in India to achieve this feat in 2004.
- 1978 - Matthew Bellamy , British guitarist, keyboard player and vocalist { Muse )
- 1978 - Miroslav Klose , German footballer
- 1981 - Natalie Portman , Israeli-born actress
- 1993 - Danielle Chuchran , American child actress
Deaths
- 62 - Claudia Octavia , wife of Nero (b. 40 )
- 68 - Nero , Roman Emperor (b. 37 )
- 373 - Ephrem The Syrian , Christian hymnodist
- 597 - St. Columba , Christian missionary, patron saint of Ireland (b. 521 )
- 630 - King Shahrbaraz Of Persia
- 1361 - Philippe De Vitry , French composer (b. 1291 )
- 1563 - William Paget, 1st Baron Paget , English statesman (b. 1506 )
- 1572 - Jeanne D'Albret , Queen Of Navarre (b. 1528 )
- 1583 - Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl Of Sussex , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- 1656 - Thomas Tomkins , Welsh composer (b. 1572 )
- 1716 - Banda Bahadur , Sikh military commander (executed)
- 1717 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon , French mystic (b. 1648 )
- 1870 - Charles Dickens , English author (b. 1812 )
- 1875 - Gérard Paul Deshayes , French geologist (b. 1795 )
- 1892 - William Stairs , Canadian explorer (b. 1863 )
- 1946 - Ananda Mahidol , Rama VIII, king of Thailand (b. 1925 )
- 1952 - Adolf Busch , German composer (b. 1891 )
- 1958 - Robert Donat , English actor (b. 1905 )
- 1959 - Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876 )
- 1961 - Camille Guérin , French scientist (b. 1872 )
- 1964 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook , Canadian-born business tycoon and politician (b. 1879 )
- 1974 - Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899 )
- 1989 - George Wells Beadle , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1903 )
- 1991 - Claudio Arrau , Chilean-born pianist (b. 1903 )
- 1993 - Alexis Smith , Canadian actress (b. 1921 )
- 1994 - Jan Tinbergen , Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903 )
- 2004 - Rosey Brown , American football player (b. 1932 )
Holidays and observances
External links
June 8 - June 10 - May 9 - July 9 -- Listing Of All Days
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