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Events [ ] 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide , imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate -imposed death by flogging .721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse .1310 - 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 .1650 - The Harvard Corporation , the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard , is established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas .1667 - The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet starts lasting for five days and resulting in a decisive victory of the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War and a favourable peace for the Dutch.1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia .1772 - British vessel Gaspee Rhode Island .1790 - Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States .1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna : new European political situation is set.1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.1860 - Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter dime novel to be published.1863 - American Civil War : Battle of Brandy Station , 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 the United States' 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 .1928 - Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane , the Southern Cross .1930 - Chicago Tribune 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 1935 - Ho-Umezu Agreement : the Republic of China , under KMT administration, recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.1944 - World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia , since 1941 occupied by Finland .1946 - King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand . He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.1953 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes : A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester killing 94.1954 - 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.1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain ).1958 - London Gatwick Airport , (LGW) , Crawley , West Sussex , UK officially opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II .1959 - The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles .1967 - Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War .1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy .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.1983 - Margaret Thatcher wins a second term by a landslide in the British General Election with a majority of 144 for her Conservative Party . Tony Blair is elected for the first time to Parliament.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 .1999 - Kosovo War : Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 (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 (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 )1893 - Irish Meusel , American baseball player (d. 1963 )1898 - Luigi Fagioli , Italian race car driver (d. 1952 )1900 - Fred Waring , American bandleader (d. 1984 )1911 - George Webb , British actor (d. 1998 )1912 - Ingolf Dahl , American composer (d. 1970 )1915 - Les Paul , American guitarist1916 - Robert McNamara , United States Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank1921 - Arthur Hertzberg , American Jewish scholar (d. 2006 )1922 - John Gillespie Magee , American poet and aviator (d. 1941 )1922 - Fernand Seguin , French Canadian biochemist - Radio and TV animator (d. 1988 )
1922 - George Axelrod , American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director (d. 2003 )
1925 - Keith Laumer , science fiction writer (d. 1993 )1928 - Jackie Mason , American comedian
1929 - Johnny Ace , American singer (d. 1954 )1930 - Barbara , French singer (d. 1997 )1931 - Joe Santos , American actor
1931 - Bill Virdon , American baseball player and manager
1934 - Jackie Wilson , American singer (d. 1984 )1936 - Mick O'Dwyer , Gaelic footballer and manager1937 - Harald Rosenthal , German biologist1938 - Charles Wuorinen , American composer1939 - Ileana Cotrubaş , Romanian soprano1939 - David Hobbs , English race car driver and personality on American TV
1939 - Dick Vitale , American sportscaster
1939 - Charles Webb , author
1940 - Shirley Muldowney , Racecar Driver1941 - Jon Lord , organist in Deep Purple 1943 - Joe Haldeman , science fiction writer1945 - Luis Ocaña , Spanish cyclist (d. 1994 )1945 - Nike Wagner , German woman of the theater
1947 - Kiran Bedi , Indian Police Service Officer1947 - John Gurda , American historian
1948 - Gudrun Schyman , Swedish politician1951 - Dave Parker , American baseball player1951 - James Newton Howard , American film composer
1952 - Uzi Hitman , Israeli singer1954 - George Pérez , American comic book artist1954 - Gregory Maguire , American fantasy writer
1956 - Patricia Cornwell , American author1961 - Michael J. Fox , Canadian-born actor1961 - Aaron Sorkin , American writer
1963 - Johnny Depp , American actor1963 - Gilad Atzmon , Israeli jazz musician and author
1964 - Gloria Reuben , Canadian actress1967 - Dean Felber , American Guitarist1968 - Niki Bakoyianni , Greek high jumper1969 - Eric Wynalda , American soccer player1971 - John McKeown , Scottish musician (Yummy Fur , 1990s )1971 - Rick Renstrom , American guitarist
1972 - Tomoe Hanba , Japanese voice actress1973 - Tedy Bruschi , American football player1973 - Laura Ponte , Spanish model and royal
1973 - Frederic Choffat , Swiss film director
1974 - Tim Shaw , British radio personality1974 - Randy Winn , American baseball player
1975 - Andrew Symonds , Australian cricketer1975 - Otto Addo , Ghanaian footballer
1975 - Jeff Saturday , American football player
1977 - Roopa Mishra , Indian civil servant1977 - Amisha Patel , Indian actress
1977 - Peja Stojakovic , Serbian basketball player
1978 - Shandi Finnessey , game hostess1978 - Matthew Bellamy , British musician (Muse )
1978 - Miroslav Klose , German footballer
1980 - Mike Fontenot , American baseball player1980 - Lehlohonolo Seema , Lesotho footballer
1981 - Natalie Portman , Israeli-born actress1982 - Christina Stürmer , Austrian singer1983 - Alektra Blue , American porn star1983 - Danny Richar , Dominican baseball player
1983 - Sean Taylor , American football player
1984 - Yulieski Gourriel , Cuban baseball player1984 - Kaleth Morales , Colombian singer and songwriter (d. 2005 )
1984 - Wesley Sneijder , Dutch footballer
1984 - Masoud Shojaei , Iranian footballer
1986 - Adamo Ruggiero , Canadian actor1986 - Kary Ng , Hong Kong singer and actress
1993 - Danielle Chuchran , American actressDeaths [ ] 62 - Claudia Octavia , wife of Nero (b. 40 )68 - Nero , Roman Emperor (b. 37 )373 - Ephrem the Syrian , Christian hymnodist597 - St. Columba , Christian missionary (b. 521 )630 - King Shahrbaraz of Persia 1361 - Philippe de Vitry , French composer (b. 1291 )1563 - William Paget , English statesman (b. 1506 )1572 - Jeanne d'Albret , Queen of Navarre (b. 1528 )1583 - Thomas Radclyffe , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland1656 - 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 )1834 - William Carey , one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761 )1870 - Charles Dickens , English author (b. 1812 )1875 - Gérard Paul Deshayes , French geologist (b. 1795 )1892 - Taiso Yoshitoshi , Woodblock print artist1892 - William Grant Stairs , Canadian explorer (b. 1863 )1912 - Ion Luca Caragiale , Romanian writter (b. 1852 )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 laureate (b. 1876 )1961 - Camille Guérin , French scientist (b. 1872 )1964 - Max Aitken , Canadian-born business tycoon and politician (b. 1879 )1974 - Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899 )1979 - Cyclone Taylor , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884 )1981 - Allen Ludden , TV game show host (b. 1917 )1989 - George Wells Beadle , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903 )1989 - Rashid Behbudov , Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915 )
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 )1997 - Stanley Knowles , Canadian politician (b. 1908 )2000 - Jacob Lawrence , American painter (b. 1917 )2004 - Rosey Brown , American football player (b. 1932 )2006 - Drafi Deutscher , German Schlager singer (b. 1946 )Holidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] Catholicism
Saint Alexander [GTZ: Russia]Saint Columba (called Saint Columcille and Saint Colm, pronounced as KUHL-uhm) in Ireland, where he is honoured as one of the islands three patron saints)Blessed Columba , abbot, confessor [GTZ: Scotland]Saint Diomedes Saint Edmund , bishop of Canterbury, confessor (Translation day) [GTZ: England]Saint Efrem =Saint Ephraim , deacon, Doctor of the Church Saint Liborius , bishop (of LeMans), confessor [GTZ: LeMans]Saint Primus and Felicianus , martyrs [common]Blessed Richard, bishop of Andria , Apulia
Saint Vincent, deacon, martyr [BLS]
Saint Pelagia , virgin, martyr [BLS]Blessed Diana d'Andalo Lutheranism
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116 Familypedia people were born on June 9
148 Familypedia people died on June 9
107 Familypedia people were first married on June 9