Today in History - Famous Events for Yesterday

🏰 On this day in History - Jun 9

0641 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria

0922 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France

1075 Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen

1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1525 Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch

1529 ZЃrich declares war on Catholic kantons

1531 Pope Clemens VII & Fran‡ois I sign secret treaty against Karel V

1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

1549 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

1549 England enforces Act of Supremacy

1572 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland

1588 Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England

1628 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass

1720 Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm

1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe

1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia

1752 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India

1772 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion

1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI

1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions

1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I

1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"

1802 US Academy at West Point founded

1822 Charles Graham patents false teeth

1851 SF Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)

1860 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter"

1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp

1863 Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)

1864 Battle of Big Shanty, GA

1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)

1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, MS

1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California

1869 Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)

1870 Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud

1877 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46

1883 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42«

1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)

1887 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43«

1888 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40¬

1890 Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago

1891 Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti

1892 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12

1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years

1899 James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title

1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13

1902 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)

1906 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3

1910 Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

1914 Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits

1919 General steel strike in France

1919 Red Army captures Ufa

1923 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19

1923 Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

1923 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown

1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton

1928 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2

1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane

1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Cura‡aose hostages free

1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)

1931 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)

1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon

1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power

1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager

1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released

1934 38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA

1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2

1934 Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen")

1934 Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for US Open

1936 Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open

1936 Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA

1938 Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany

1940 44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH

1940 General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill

1940 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II

1941 Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500

1941 Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio

1942 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy govt

1942 German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe

1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia

1943 "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized

1944 Russian offensive in Carelia

1945 "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA

1945 -10] Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo

1945 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr wins in 2:07

1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque Iowa)

1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest

1946 Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand

1946 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1946 NY Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader

1948 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US

1951 "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV

1953 "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV

1953 South African premier Malan visits Netherlands

1953 Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)

1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1955 100шF - Hottest day in Seattle Washington

1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa, Trent Bridge

1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed

1957 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM

1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1

1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)

1960 ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract

1960 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600

1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox

1962 "Bill of Hare," premieres in USA

1962 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8

1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC

1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0

1963 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open

1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"

1963 Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game

1963 Equal Pay Act enacted

1963 JFK names Winston Churchill US honorary citizen

1963 Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY

1964 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament

1965 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6

1966 5 Minn Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4

1967 Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six

1967 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal

1967 Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl

1968 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)

1968 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)

1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational

1968 Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms

1969 Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems

1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice

1970 Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres OnganЎa

1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton U

1970 Harry A Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

1971 Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan

1971 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold

1972 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237

1972 1st all-nite grad parties

1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia

1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24

1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic

1974 Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert

1975 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2

1975 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)

1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time

1975 Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"

1977 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist

1977 George & Patti Harrison divorce

1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks

1978 Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London

1978 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood

1979 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6

1979 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)

1979 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes

1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time

1979 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome

1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn

1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine

1980 Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM

1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth

1982 General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala

1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley

1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim

1983 M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election

1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia

1984 "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres

1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2

1984 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)

1984 Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"

1984 Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland

1984 JЃrgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts

1984 NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed

1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD

1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

1985 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2

1985 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)

1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship

1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon

1985 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France

1985 USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus

1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn

1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0

1986 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points

1986 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol

1988 "Bloodsport (1987)," premieres in Germany

1988 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK

1989 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA

1989 Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football

1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals

1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1

1990 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2

1990 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)

1990 Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer

1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit HRs in 10 games

1990 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed

1990 Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage

1990 Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title

1991 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)

1991 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus

1991 Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa

1991 Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI

1991 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic

1991 WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0

1993 "Amantes" (1991), premieres in France

1993 "Body Snatchers" (1993), premieres in France

1993 "Ce que femme veut" (1993), premieres in France

1993 "Passion Fish" (1992), premieres in France

1993 "Tout capour ca!" (1993), premieres in France

1993 "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), premieres

1993 Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada

1993 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1

1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale

1994 "Hudsucker Proxy," premieres in Germany

1994 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico

1994 Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)

1995 Brady Bunch Movie, (1995), premieres in UK

1995 Congo (1995), premieres in USA

1995 Dumb & Dumber (1994), premieres in Sweden

1995 Killer (1994), premieres in UK

1995 Kiss of Death (1995), premieres in UK

1995 Man of the House (1995), premieres in UK

1995 Neak Sre (1993), premieres in UK

1995 Party Girl (1995), premieres in USA

1995 Smoke (1995), premieres in USA

1995 Wigstock The Movie (1994), premieres in USA

1996 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)

1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic

1996 Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311

1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

1997 Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning

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