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Jun 9, 1534: Cartier discovers St. Lawrence River
French navigator Jacques Cartier becomes the first European explorer to discover the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec, Canada.
In 1534, Cartier was commissioned by King Francis I of France to explore the northern American lands in search of riches and the rumored Northwest Passage to Asia. That year, Cartier entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the Strait of Belle Isle, explored its barren north coast for a distance, and then traveled down the west shore of Newfoundland to Cape Anguille. From there, he discovered Magdalen and Prince Edward islands, explored Chaleur Bay, and claimed Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula for France. He then discovered the inlet of the St. Lawrence River, sailed north to Anticosti Island, and then returned to Europe.
Previously thought to be a barren and inhospitable region, Cartier's discoveries of the warm and fertile lands around the Gulf of St. Lawrence inspired Francis I to dispatch him on a second expedition in 1535. On this voyage, he ascended the St. Lawrence to the native village of Hochelaga, site of the modern-day city of Montreal. On his return voyage to France, he explored Cabot Strait along the southern coast of Newfoundland. Cartier led a final expedition to the region in 1541, as part of an unsuccessful colonization effort. His extensive geographical discoveries formed the basis of France's claims to the rich St. Lawrence Valley in the 17th century.
Jun 9, 1944: The Red Army invades Karelian Isthmus in Finland
On this day in 1944, Russia penetrates into East Karelia, in Finland, as it fights to gain back control of territory that had already been ceded to it.
According to the terms of the Treaty of Moscow of 1940, Finland was forced to surrender parts of its southeastern territory, including the Karelian Isthmus, to the Soviet Union, which was eager to create a buffer zone for Leningrad. To protect itself against further Russian encroachment, Finland allowed Germany to traverse its country in its push eastward into Russia, despite the fact that it did not have a formal alliance with the Axis power. Emboldened by the damage Germany was inflicting on Russia, Finland pursued the "War of Continuation" and won back large parts of the territory it had ceded to Moscow in the 1940 treaty.
But as Germany suffered setback after setback, and the Allies continued bombing runs in the Balkans, using Russia as part of its "shuttle" strategy, Finland began to panic and made overtures to Stalin about signing an armistice. By June 9, the Red Army was once again in the East Karelia, and Stalin was in no mood to negotiate, demanding at least a symbolic "surrender" of Finland entirely. Finland turned back to its "friend," Germany, which promised continued support. A change in Finnish government resulted in a change in perspective, and Finland finally signed an armistice that gave Stalin what he wanted: all the old territory from the 1940 treaty and a guarantee that German troops would evacuate Finnish soil. Finland agreed but the German army refused to leave. Terrible battles were waged between the two behemoths; finally, with the defeat of the Axis, Russia got what it wanted, not only in Finnish territory, but also in war reparations to the tune of $300 million. Finland would become known for its passivity in the face of the Soviet threat in the postwar era.
Jun 9, 1856: Mormon handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City
In an extraordinary demonstration of resolve and fortitude, nearly 500 Mormons leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their goods and supplies in two-wheeled handcarts. Of all the thousands of pioneer journeys to the West in the 19th century, few were more arduous than those undertaken by the so-called Handcart Companies from 1856 to 1860.
The secular and religious leader of the Mormons, Brigham Young, had established Salt Lake City as the center of a new Utah sanctuary for the Latter-day Saints in 1847. In subsequent years, Young worked diligently to encourage and aid Mormons who made the difficult overland trek to the Great Salt Lake. In 1856, however, a series of poor harvests left the church with only a meager fund to help immigrants buy wagons and oxen. Young suggested a cheaper mode of travel: "Let them come on foot with handcarts or wheelbarrows; let them gird up their loins and walk through and nothing shall hinder or stay them."
Amazingly, many Mormons followed his advice. On this day in 1856, a band of 497 Mormons left Iowa City, Iowa, and began the more than 1,000-mile trek to Salt Lake City. They carried all their goods in about 100 two-wheeled handcarts, most of which were heaped with the maximum load of 400 to 500 pounds. Each family usually had one cart, and the father and mother took turns pulling while any children old enough helped by pushing.
The handcart immigrants soon ran into serious problems. The Mormon craftsmen who had constructed the handcarts back in Iowa City had chosen to use wooden axles instead of iron in order to save time and money. Sand and dirt quickly wore down the wood, and water and heat made the axles splinter and crack. As the level terrain of the prairies gave way to the more rugged country of the Plains, the sheer physical challenge of hauling a 500-pound cart began to take its toll. One British immigrant who was a skilled carpenter wrote of having to make three coffins in as many days.
Some of the pilgrims gave up. Two girls in one handcart group left to marry a pair of miners they met along the way. The majority, however, struggled on and eventually reached the Salt Lake Valley. Over the course of the next four years, some 3,000 Mormon converts made the overland journey by pushing and pulling heavy-laden handcarts. Better planning and the use of iron axles made the subsequent immigrations slightly easier than the first, and some actually made the journey more quickly than if they had used ox-drawn wagons. Still, once the church finances had recovered, Young's followers returned to using conventional wagons. The handcart treks remained nothing less than heroic. One Mormon girl later estimated that she and her family had each taken over a million steps to reach their goal, pushing and pulling a creaking wooden handcart the entire way.
Jun 9, 1954: Joseph McCarthy meets his match
In a dramatic confrontation, Joseph Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether communism has infiltrated the U.S. armed forces. Welch's verbal assault marked the end of McCarthy's power during the anticommunist hysteria of the Red Scare in America.
Senator McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) experienced a meteoric rise to fame and power in the U.S. Senate when he charged in February 1950 that "hundreds" of "known communists" were in the Department of State. In the years that followed, McCarthy became the acknowledged leader of the so-called Red Scare, a time when millions of Americans became convinced that communists had infiltrated every aspect of American life. Behind closed-door hearings, McCarthy bullied, lied, and smeared his way to power, destroying many careers and lives in the process. Prior to 1953, the Republican Party tolerated his antics because his attacks were directed against the Democratic administration of Harry S. Truman. When Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the White House in 1953, however, McCarthy's recklessness and increasingly erratic behavior became unacceptable and the senator saw his clout slowly ebbing away. In a last-ditch effort to revitalize his anticommunist crusade, McCarthy made a crucial mistake. He charged in early 1954 that the U.S. Army was "soft" on communism. As Chairman of the Senate Government Operations Committee, McCarthy opened hearings into the Army.
Joseph N. Welch, a soft-spoken lawyer with an incisive wit and intelligence, represented the Army. During the course of weeks of hearings, Welch blunted every one of McCarthy's charges. The senator, in turn, became increasingly enraged, bellowing "point of order, point of order," screaming at witnesses, and declaring that one highly decorated general was a "disgrace" to his uniform. On June 9, 1954, McCarthy again became agitated at Welch's steady destruction of each of his arguments and witnesses. In response, McCarthy charged that Frederick G. Fisher, a young associate in Welch's law firm, had been a long-time member of an organization that was a "legal arm of the Communist Party." Welch was stunned. As he struggled to maintain his composure, he looked at McCarthy and declared, "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness." It was then McCarthy's turn to be stunned into silence, as Welch asked, "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" The audience of citizens and newspaper and television reporters burst into wild applause. Just a week later, the hearings into the Army came to a close. McCarthy, exposed as a reckless bully, was officially condemned by the U.S. Senate for contempt against his colleagues in December 1954. During the next two-and-a-half years McCarthy spiraled into alcoholism. Still in office, he died in 1957.
Jun 9, 1973: Secretariat wins Triple Crown
With a spectacular victory at the Belmont Stakes, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America's coveted Triple Crown--the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes. In one of the finest performances in racing history, Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, completed the 1.5-mile race in 2 minutes and 24 seconds, a dirt-track record for that distance.
Secretariat was born at Meadow Stables in Doswell, Virginia, on March 30, 1970. He was sired by Bold Ruler, the 1957 Preakness winner, and foaled by Somethingroyal, which came from a Thoroughbred line known for its stamina. An attractive chestnut colt, he grew to over 16 hands high and was at two years the size of a three-year-old. He ran his first race as a two-year-old on July 4, 1972, a 5 1/2-furlong race at Aqueduct in New York City. He came from behind to finish fourth; it was the only time in his career that he finished a race and did not place. Eleven days later, he won a six-furlong race at Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, New York, and soon after, another race. His trainer, Lucien Laurin, moved him up to class in August, entering him in the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga, which he won by three lengths. By the end of 1972, he had won seven of nine races.
With easy victories in his first two starts of 1973, Secretariat seemed on his way to the Triple Crown. Just two weeks before the Kentucky Derby, however, he stumbled at the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct, coming in third behind Angle Light and Sham. On May 5, he met Sham and Angle Light again at the Churchill Downs track in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby. Secretariat, a 3-to-2 favorite, broke from near the back of the pack to win the 2 1/4-mile race in a record 1 minute and 59 seconds. He was the first to run the Derby in less than two minutes and his record still stands. Two weeks later, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Secretariat won the second event of the Triple Crown: the Preakness Stakes. The official clock malfunctioned, but hand-recorded timers had him running the 1 1/16-mile race in record time.
On June 9, 1973, almost 100,000 people came to Belmont Park near New York City to see if "Big Red" would become the first horse in 25 years to win the Triple Crown. Secretariat gave the finest performance of his career in the Belmont Stakes, completing the 1.5-mile race in a record 2 minutes and 24 seconds, knocking nearly three seconds off the track record set by Gallant Man in 1957. He also won by a record 31 lengths. Ron Turcotte, who jockeyed Secretariat in all but three of his races, claimed that at Belmont he lost control of Secretariat and that the horse sprinted into history on his own accord.
Secretariat would race six more times, winning four and finishing second twice. In November 1973, the "horse of the century" was retired and put to stud at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky. Among his notable offspring is the 1988 Preakness and Belmont winner, Risen Star. Secretariat was euthanized in 1989 after falling ill. An autopsy showed that his heart was two and a half times larger than that of the average horse, which may have contributed to his extraordinary racing abilities. In 1999, ESPN ranked Secretariat No. 35 in its list of the Top 50 North American athletes of the 20th century, the only non-human on the list.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his
secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by
flogging.
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
1075 - Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats
Saksen
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
1531 - Pope Clemens VII & Francois 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
1628 - 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton
from Mass
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.
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
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IVHoly Roman Emperor Henry IV 1752
- French army surrenders to the British 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 Island
1790 - 1st book copyrighted under constitution,
"Philadelphia Spelling Book"
1802 - US Academy at West Point founded
1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political
situation is set.
1822 - Charles Graham patents false teeth
1851 - SF 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, 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
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 - 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
heavyweight 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
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.
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
1915 - William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State
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 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/Curacaose hostages
free
1930 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
Gangster Al CaponeGangster Al Capone 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.
1931 - 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (Robert
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")
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
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
French President Charles de GaulleFrench President Charles
de Gaulle 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
government
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
Baseball Player and Manager Leo DurocherBaseball Player and
Manager Leo Durocher 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 US Senator Joseph McCarthy
"Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1955 - 100°F - 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
1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest
mountain).
1958 - "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits
#1
1958 - HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick
Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth IIQueen of the United
Kingdom Elizabeth II 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 - Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY
1964 - Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
1965 - Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
Golfer Jack NicklausGolfer Jack Nicklaus 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 - 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 Ongania
1970 - Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton
University
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
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician
& member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 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, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
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 - Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain
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
Tennis Player Martina NavratilovaTennis Player Martina
Navratilova 1984 - 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert
(63 61)
1984 - Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
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
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
Parody Singer and Comedian Weird Al YankovicParody Singer
and Comedian Weird Al Yankovic 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 Chang's French Open tennis 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 Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beats
Steffi Graf (7-6 6-4)
1990 - Czechoslovakia beats USA 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with
baseball's 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
1991 - 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi
(36 64 26 61 64)
King of Pop Michael JacksonKing of Pop Michael Jackson 1991
- 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
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 - 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 southern 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 cricket game Kent 6-314 overhaul
Leicestershire's 4-311
1997 - British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1997 - Detroit Tigers baseball team bat out of order against
Oakland A's in 1st inning
1999 - Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.
2001 - 133rd Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Point Given wins
in 2:26.80
2002 - 48th LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak
2007 - 139th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Rags To Riches
wins in 2:28.74
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CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban wins
2012 - It is announced that up to $125 million dollars in
loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks
2012 - Burma (Myanmar) riots kill 20 people and burn down
300 houses
2012 - 144th Belmont: John Velazquez aboard Union Rags wins
in 2:30.42
2013 - 67th Tony Awards: Kinky Boots & Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike win
2013 - Rafael Nadel defeats David Ferrer to win his eighth
French Open title
2013 - 59th LPGA Championship won by Inbee Park
1064 - Coimbra, Portugal fell to Ferdinand, the King of Castile. 1534 - Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence. 1790 - John Barry copyrighted "Philadelphia Spelling Book." It was the first American book to be copyrighted. 1790 - Civil war broke out in Martinique. 1860 - The book, "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" by Mrs. Ann Stevens, was offered for sale for a dime. It was the first published "dime novel." 1861 - Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke began working in Union hospitals. 1923 - Bulgaria's government was overthrown by the military. 1931 - Robert H. Goddard patented a rocket-fueled aircraft design. 1934 - Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen." 1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II. 1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress. 1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender. 1946 - Mel Ott (with the New York Giants) became the first manager to be ejected from a doubleheader (both games). 1959 - The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched. 1965 - Michel Jazy ran the mile in 3 minutes, 53.6 seconds. He broke the record set by Peter Snell in 1964. 1978 - Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men from the Mormon priesthood. 1980 - Richard Pryor was severely burned by a "free-base" mixture that exploded. He was hospitalized more than two months. 1985 - Thomas Sutherland, an American educator, was kidnapped in Lebanon. He was not released until November 1991. 1986 - The Rogers Commission released a report on the Challenger disaster. The report explained that the spacecraft blew up as a result of a failure in a solid rocket booster joint. 1999 - NATO and Yugoslavia signed a peace agreement over Kosovo. 2000 - Canada and the United States signed a border security agreement. The agreement called for the establishment of a border-enforcement team. 2000 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal gift and estate taxes. The bill called for the taxes to be phased out over 10 years. 2001 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to win three Conn Smythe Trophies. The award is given to the playoff's Most Valuable Player. 2011 - The world's first artificial organ transplant was performed. It was an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.
1870 Author Charles Dickens died. 1898 China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years. 1934 Donald Duck made his screen debut in The Wise Little Hen. 1944 The Republic of Iceland was established. 1973 Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. 1978 After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests. 1993 Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jun09.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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