Historical Events on June 9

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• 641 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria

• 721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse
• 922 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France

• 1310 Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
• 1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
• 1525 Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
• 1529 Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons

• 1549 England enforces Act of Supremacy
• 1572 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
• 1628 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Massachusetts
• 1650 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.


• 1720 Sweden and 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 British in Trichinopoly, India
• 1772 1st Protestant church west of Pennsylvania (in Ohio) holds communion
• 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, Rhode Island
• 1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
• 1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island
• 1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
• 1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set
• 1822 Charles Graham fo New York patents porcelain false teeth
• 1851 San Francisco Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
• 1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts
• 1860 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens
• 1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
• 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
• 1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia
• 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
• 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi
• 1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California

• 1870 Washington: Presdent Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
• 1873 Alexandra Palace burnt down, after being open for only 16 days
• 1877 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
• 1883 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5


• 1887 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5
• 1888 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25
• 1890 Comic opera "Robin Hood" by Reginald De Koven, Harry B. Smith, and Clement Scott premieres in Chicago

• 1892 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
• 1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to the United Kingdom for 99 years
• 1898 British Open Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr

• 1900 In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege.
• 1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13
• 1902 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia)
• 1905 British Open Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman James Braid wins his 2nd Open title 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Rowland Jones and J.H. Taylor
• 1906 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3

• 1909 Alice Huyler Ramsey, 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the 1st woman to drive across the US, in a Maxwell 30, drives 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days
• 1910 A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

• 1919 General steel strike in France
• 1919 Red Army captures Ufa
• 1922 First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University
• 1923 55th Belmont: Earl Sande riding 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/Curacaose hostages free

• 1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power

• 1934 1st appearance of Donald Duck in a cartoon, "The Wise Little Hen"
• 1934 US Open Men's Golf, Merion Cricket Club: Olin Dutra overcomes an 8-stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his second major title by 1 stroke from Gene Sarazen
• 1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
• 1935 Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
• 1936 Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
• 1940 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Lawson Little defeats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only professional major title

• 1941 Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
• 1941 Archbishop De Young bans priests cooperating with Rijks radio
• 1942 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government
• 1942 German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe

• 1943 "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
• 1944 Soviet offensive in Carelia, Finland
• 1945 Warner Bros cartoon "A Gruesome Twosome" starring Tweety premieres in USA
• 1945 -10] Australian troops land in Brunei Bay, North Borneo
• 1945 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr scores his third of record 5 Derby wins

• 1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque, Iowa)
• 1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest

• 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 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 D. F. Malan visits the Netherlands
• 1953 Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)

• 1955 100°F - Hottest day in Seattle, Washington
• 1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
• 1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
• 1957 First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
• 1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1

• 1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
• 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
• 1960 Typhoon Mary in China kills 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

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

• 1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister of India after being selected by the ruling Congress Party after Jawaharlal Nehru passed away
• 1965 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
• 1966 5 Minnesota 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 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl

• 1968 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall beats Rod Laver 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; first Grand Slam of Open Era allowing professional players to compete
• 1969 Brian Jones leaves the Rolling Stones after developing a serious drug problem
• 1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
• 1970 Argentine military junta under lt gen Lanusse ousts President Ongania

• 1970 Harry A Blackmun sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
• 1971 Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan

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

• 1972 In a show of support for Iraq, OPEC moves to prevent companies whose interests were nationalized in Iraq from increasing production elsewhere
• 1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
• 1975 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
• 1975 Fire in prison hospital at Sanford, Florida, kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard
• 1975 UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first 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 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks

• 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 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
• 1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st and last time


• 1979 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome

• 1980 Phillies and SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
• 1980 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth

• 1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
• 1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim

• 1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
• 1984 Cyndi Lauper gets her first US #1 hit with "Time After Time"
• 1984 "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
• 1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
• 1984 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
• 1984 Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
• 1984 NASA suffers a launch vehicle failure launching Intelsat 509
• 1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD

• 1985 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
• 1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon
• 1985 USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
• 1985 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Mats Wilander wins 4th career Grand Slam title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• 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 US Attorney General Edwin Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
• 1989 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" premieres in USA
• 1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
• 1990 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2

• 1990 French Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-4
• 1991 Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
• 1991 WLAF 1st world bowl, London Monarchs defeat Barcelona Dragons 21-0
• 1991 French Open Men's Tennis: Jim Courier wins first career Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
• 1991 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Albus wins his only career major title by 3 strokes from New Zealander Bob Charles, Charles Coody and Dave Hill
• 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 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship
• 1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
• 1994 "Hudsucker Proxy" premieres in Germany
• 1994 5.6 earthquake strikes southern Mexico

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