June, 9th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 09, 1999:
Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

Sunday 09, 1991:
The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party.

Monday 09, 1986:
The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Sunday 09, 1985:
Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991).

Monday 09, 1980:
Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge.

Friday 09, 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.

Saturday 09, 1973:
Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.

Tuesday 09, 1959:
The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.

Sunday 09, 1957:
First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain).

Wednesday 09, 1954:
McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army.

Tuesday 09, 1953:
Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.

Friday 09, 1944:
World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, since 1941 occupied by Finland.

Sunday 09, 1935:
Ho-Umezu Agreement: China, under KMT administration, recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.

Saturday 09, 1934:
Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen.

Monday 09, 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.

Saturday 09, 1923:
Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.

Wednesday 09, 1915:
U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.

Wednesday 09, 1909:
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.

Tuesday 09, 1863:
American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

Saturday 09, 1860:
' becomes the first dime novel to be published.

Monday 09, 1856:
500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

Friday 09, 1815:
End of the Congress of Vienna: new European political situation is set.

Wednesday 09, 1790:
Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.

Tuesday 09, 1772:
British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island.

Monday 09, 1732:
James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/ga01.htm

Saturday 09, 1534:
Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.

Saturday 09, 68:
Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/09-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 09

1992:
Freddie Highmore, Actor (b: June 9, 1992) (Biography of Freddie Highmore)

1981:
Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress (b: June 9, 1981) (Biography of Natalie Portman)

1978:
Matt Bellamy, British Guitarist/Vocalist Muse (b: June 9, 1978) (Biography of Matt Bellamy)
Miroslav Klose, Polish footballer (b: June 9, 1978) (Biography of Miroslav Klose)

1977:
Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player (b: June 9, 1977) (Biography of Peja Stojakovic)

1975:
Andrew Symonds, English cricketer (b: June 9, 1975) (Biography of Andrew Symonds)

1973:
Tedy Bruschi, American football player (b: June 9, 1973) (Biography of Tedy Bruschi)

1964:
Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress (b: June 9, 1964) (Biography of Gloria Reuben)

1963:
Johnny Depp, American actor (b: June 9, 1963) (Biography of Johnny Depp)

1961:
Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor (b: June 9, 1961) (Biography of Michael J. Fox)
Aaron Sorkin, American director, producer, and writer (b: June 9, 1961) (Biography of Aaron Sorkin)

1956:
Patricia Cornwell, American author (b: June 9, 1956) (Biography of Patricia Cornwell)

1947:
Mitch Mitchell, drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience (b: June 9, 1947) (Biography of Mitch Mitchell)

1939:
Ileana Cotrubas, Romanian soprano (b: June 9, 1939) (Biography of Ileana Cotrubas)
Dick Vitale, American sportscaster (b: June 9, 1939) (Biography of Dick Vitale)

1937:
Harald Rosenthal, German biologist (b: June 9, 1937) (Biography of Harald Rosenthal)

1931:
Jackie Mason, American comedian (b: June 9, 1931) (Biography of Jackie Mason)
Joe Santos, American actor (b: June 9, 1931) (Biography of Joe Santos)

1922:
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b: June 9, 1922 ; d: December 11, 1941) (Biography of John Gillespie Magee, Jr.)

1916:
Les Paul, American guitarist (b: June 9, 1916) (Biography of Les Paul)
Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank (b: June 9, 1916) (Biography of Robert McNamara)

1900:
Fred Waring, American bandleader (b: June 9, 1900 ; d: July 29, 1984) (Biography of Fred Waring)

1891:
Cole Porter, composer and lyricist (b: June 9, 1891 ; d: October 15, 1964) (Biography of Cole Porter)

1890:
Leslie Banks, British actor (b: June 9, 1890) (Biography of Leslie Banks)

1882:
Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (b: June 9, 1882 ; d: May 12, 1963) (Biography of Bobby Kerr)

1865:
Albéric Magnard, French composer (b: June 9, 1865 ; d: September 3, 1914) (Biography of Albéric Magnard)

1851:
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (b: June 9, 1851) (Biography of Charles Joseph Bonaparte)

1849:
Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b: June 9, 1849 ; d: September 19, 1927) (Biography of Michael Peter Ancher)

1845:
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (b: June 9, 1845 ; d: March 1, 1914) (Biography of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto)

1843:
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace (b: June 9, 1843 ; d: June 21, 1914) (Biography of Bertha von Suttner)

1812:
Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (b: June 9, 1812 ; d: July 19, 1910) (Biography of Johann Gottfried Galle)

1810:
Otto Nicolai, German composer (b: June 9, 1810) (Biography of Otto Nicolai)

1768:
Samuel Slater, American industrialist (b: June 9, 1768) (Biography of Samuel Slater)

1686:
Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b: June 9, 1686 ; d: May 31, 1747) (Biography of Andrei Osterman)

1672:
Tsar Peter I of Russia (b: June 9, 1672 ; d: February 8, 1725) (Biography of Peter I of Russia)

1661:
Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b: June 9, 1661 ; d: May 7, 1682) (Biography of Feodor III of Russia)

1640:
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b: June 9, 1640 ; d: May 5, 1705) (Biography of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor)

1595:
King Wladislaus IV of Poland (b: June 9, 1595 ; d: May 20, 1648) (Biography of Wladislaus IV of Poland)

1588:
Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (b: June 9, 1588 ; d: January 24, 1666) (Biography of Johann Andreas Herbst)

1580:
Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b: June 9, 1580 ; d: February 25, 1655) (Biography of Daniel Heinsius)

1508:
Primo? Trubar, Slovenian protestant reformet (b: June 9, 1508 ; d: June 28, 1586) (Biography of Primo? Trubar)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/09-june/births.html

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People who died on June 09

2004:
Rosey Brown, American football player (b: October 20, 1932 ; d: June 9, 2004) (Biography of Rosey Brown)

1994:
Jan Tinbergen (d: June 9, 1994) (Biography of Jan Tinbergen)

1993:
Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b: June 8, 1921 ; d: June 9, 1993) (Biography of Alexis Smith)

1991:
Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b: February 6, 1903 ; d: June 9, 1991) (Biography of Claudio Arrau)

1974:
Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan writer (b: October 19, 1899 ; d: June 9, 1974) (Biography of Miguel Ángel Asturias)

1964:
Lord Beaverbrook, English publisher (b: May 25, 1879 ; d: June 9, 1964) (Biography of Max Aitken)

1959:
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 25, 1876 ; d: June 9, 1959) (Biography of Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus)

1958:
Robert Donat, English actor (b: March 18, 1905 ; d: June 9, 1958) (Biography of Robert Donat)

1946:
Ananda Mahidol (d: June 9, 1946) (Biography of Ananda Mahidol)

1892:
William Stairs, Canadian explorer (b: July 1, 1863 ; d: June 9, 1892) (Biography of William Stairs)

1870:
Charles Dickens, English novelist (b: February 7, 1812 ; d: June 9, 1870) (Biography of Charles Dickens)

1717:
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French (b: April 13, 1648 ; d: June 9, 1717) (Biography of Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon)

1716:
Banda Bahadur (d: June 9, 1716) (Biography of Banda Bahadur)

1656:
Thomas Tomkins (d: June 9, 1656) (Biography of Thomas Tomkins)

1583:
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (d: June 9, 1583) (Biography of Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex)

1572:
Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b: January 7, 1528 ; d: June 9, 1572) (Biography of Jeanne d'Albret)

1563:
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget (d: June 9, 1563) (Biography of William Paget, 1st Baron Paget)

1361:
Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b: October 31, 1291 ; d: June 9, 1361) (Biography of Philippe de Vitry)

630:
Shahrbaraz of Persia (d: June 9, 630) (Biography of Shahrbaraz of Persia)

597:
Columba (d: June 9, 597) (Biography of Columba)

373:
Ephrem the Syrian (d: June 9, 373) (Biography of Ephrem the Syrian)

68:
Nero, Roman Emperor (b: December 15, 37 ; d: June 9, 6 (Biography of Nero)

62:
Octavia (d: June 9, 62) (Biography of Octavia)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/09-june/deaths.html