WillDekkard
06-09-2010, 04:24 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- June 9th
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* 53 Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia
* 62 Claudia Octavia is executed.
* 68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad.
* 721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
* 1310 Duccio's Maestΰ 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 Saint Lawrence River.
* 1650 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
* 1667 The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
* 1732 James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
* 1772 The British ship Gaspee is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
* 1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
* 1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set.
* 1856 Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
* 1863 American Civil War: the Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
* 1873 Alexandra Palace burns down after being open for only 16 days.
* 1885 A peace treaty is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam, most of present-day Vietnam, to France.
* 1909 Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.
* 1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
* 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 reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
* 1934 Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
* 1944 World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
* 1944 World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
* 1946 King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
* 1953 Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts 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 giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
* 1957 First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
* 1958 Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
* 1959 The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
* 1967 Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
* 1968 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
* 1973 Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
* 1974 Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
* 1978 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
* 1979 The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park, North Sydney, kills seven.
* 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.
* 1993 The Minnesota North Stars were relocated to Dallas, and were renamed the Dallas Stars.
* 1999 Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.
* 2008 In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drained as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.
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- June 9th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 53 Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia
* 62 Claudia Octavia is executed.
* 68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad.
* 721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
* 1310 Duccio's Maestΰ 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 Saint Lawrence River.
* 1650 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
* 1667 The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
* 1732 James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
* 1772 The British ship Gaspee is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
* 1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
* 1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set.
* 1856 Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
* 1863 American Civil War: the Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
* 1873 Alexandra Palace burns down after being open for only 16 days.
* 1885 A peace treaty is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam, most of present-day Vietnam, to France.
* 1909 Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.
* 1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
* 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 reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
* 1934 Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
* 1944 World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
* 1944 World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
* 1946 King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
* 1953 Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts 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 giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
* 1957 First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
* 1958 Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
* 1959 The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
* 1967 Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
* 1968 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
* 1973 Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
* 1974 Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
* 1978 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
* 1979 The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park, North Sydney, kills seven.
* 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.
* 1993 The Minnesota North Stars were relocated to Dallas, and were renamed the Dallas Stars.
* 1999 Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.
* 2008 In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drained as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.
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