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0641 06 09 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
0922 06 09 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France
1075 06 09 Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen
1456 06 09 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1525 06 09 Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch
1529 06 09 Zrich declares war on Catholic kantons
1531 06 09 Pope Clemens VII & François I sign secret treaty against Karel V
1534 06 09 Jacques Cartier first sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1549 06 09 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1549 06 09 England enforces Act of Supremacy
1572 06 09 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
1588 06 09 Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England
1628 06 09 First deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1720 06 09 Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1732 06 09 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1742 06 09 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
1752 06 09 French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India
1772 06 09 First Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
1772 06 09 First naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI
1784 06 09 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
1789 06 09 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I
1790 06 09 First book copyrighted under constitution, Philadelphia Spelling Book
1802 06 09 US Academy at West Point founded
1822 06 09 Charles Graham patents false teeth
1851 06 09 SF Committee of Vigilance forms (first time)
1860 06 09 First dime novel issued Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter
1862 06 09 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
1863 06 09 Battle of Brandy Station, VA (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
1864 06 09 Battle of Big Shanty, GA
1864 06 09 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, GA (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
1865 06 09 Battle of Grand Gulf, MS
1868 06 09 First meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1869 06 09 Charles Elmer Hires sells his first root beer (Phila)
1870 06 09 Washington: Pres Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud
1877 06 09 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
1883 06 09 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42«
1883 06 09 First commercial electric railway line begins operation (Chicago El)
1887 06 09 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43«
1888 06 09 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40¬
1890 06 09 Opera Robin Hood premieres in Chicago
1891 06 09 Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
1892 06 09 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
1898 06 09 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1899 06 09 James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title
1901 06 09 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13
1902 06 09 First Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1906 06 09 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
1910 06 09 Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
1914 06 09 Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1919 06 09 General steel strike in France
1919 06 09 Red Army captures Ufa
1923 06 09 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19
1923 06 09 Brinks unveils first armored security vans
1923 06 09 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
1924 06 09 Jelly-Roll Blues, is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
1928 06 09 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
1928 06 09 Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are first to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
1929 06 09 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curaçaose hostages free
1930 06 09 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)
1931 06 09 First rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)
1931 06 09 First showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1933 06 09 Spanish president Zamora takes power
1933 06 09 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1934 06 09 First Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1934 06 09 38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1934 06 09 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
1934 06 09 Donald Duck made his first screen appearance (The Wise Little Hen)
1934 06 09 Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for US Open
1936 06 09 Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open
1936 06 09 Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
1938 06 09 Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany
1940 06 09 44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH
1940 06 09 General Charles de Gaulle's first meeting with Winston Churchill
1940 06 09 Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
1941 06 09 Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500
1941 06 09 Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio
1942 06 09 Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy govt
1942 06 09 German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe
1942 06 09 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia
1943 06 09 Pay-as-you-go (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
1944 06 09 Russian offensive in Carelia
1945 06 09 Gruesome Twosome, premieres in USA
1945 06 09 -10] Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo
1945 06 09 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr wins in 2:07
1945 06 09 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 06 09 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire (Dubuque Iowa)
1946 06 09 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
1946 06 09 Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand
1946 06 09 Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1946 06 09 NY Giant Mel Ott is first mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader
1948 06 09 WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 06 09 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes first woman treasurer of US
1951 06 09 Doodles Weaver Show, debuts on NBC-TV
1953 06 09 Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater, last airs on NBC-TV
1953 06 09 South African premier Malan visits Netherlands
1953 06 09 Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)
1954 06 09 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy Have you no sense of decency, sir? during Senate-Army hearings
1955 06 09 100øF - Hottest day in Seattle Washington
1955 06 09 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa, Trent Bridge
1956 06 09 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
1957 06 09 Anthony Eden resigns as British PM
1958 06 09 Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley hits #1
1959 06 09 First ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1960 06 09 ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
1960 06 09 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1961 06 09 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
1962 06 09 Bill of Hare, premieres in USA
1962 06 09 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
1962 06 09 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC
1963 06 09 First Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1963 06 09 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open
1963 06 09 Barbra Streisand appears on Ed Sullivan Show
1963 06 09 Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' first Sunday night game
1963 06 09 Equal Pay Act enacted
1963 06 09 JFK names Winston Churchill US honorary citizen
1963 06 09 Movie Cleopatra opens in NY
1964 06 09 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
1965 06 09 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
1966 06 09 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 06 09 Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1967 06 09 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
1967 06 09 Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
1968 06 09 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)
1968 06 09 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61)
1968 06 09 Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1968 06 09 Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms
1969 06 09 Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems
1969 06 09 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
1970 06 09 Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Ongan¡a
1970 06 09 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton U
1970 06 09 Harry A Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1971 06 09 Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan
1971 06 09 Paul McCartney's album Ram goes gold
1972 06 09 14 of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237
1972 06 09 First all-nite grad parties
1972 06 09 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
1973 06 09 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24
1974 06 09 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
1974 06 09 Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) first concert
1975 06 09 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
1975 06 09 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners & 1 guard (Sanford Fla)
1975 06 09 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time
1975 06 09 Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for He Don't Love You
1977 06 09 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
1977 06 09 George & Patti Harrison divorce
1977 06 09 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1978 06 09 Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1978 06 09 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 06 09 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1979 06 09 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
1979 06 09 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)
1979 06 09 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1979 06 09 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for first & last time
1979 06 09 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
1980 06 09 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1980 06 09 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 06 09 Phillies & SF Giants end their game at 3:11 AM
1980 06 09 Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1982 06 09 General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala
1982 06 09 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1983 06 09 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1983 06 09 M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
1983 06 09 Zimbabwe win their first one-day cricket international, v Australia
1984 06 09 Laserphonic Fantasy premieres
1984 06 09 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
1984 06 09 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61)
1984 06 09 Cyndi Lauper's first #1 Time After Times
1984 06 09 Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
1984 06 09 Jrgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
1984 06 09 NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed
1984 06 09 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
1984 06 09 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
1985 06 09 39th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
1985 06 09 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)
1985 06 09 Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1985 06 09 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon
1985 06 09 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France
1985 06 09 USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus
1986 06 09 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
1986 06 09 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0
1986 06 09 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
1986 06 09 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
1988 06 09 Bloodsport (1987), premieres in Germany
1988 06 09 Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
1989 06 09 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, premieres in USA
1989 06 09 Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1989 06 09 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 06 09 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
1990 06 09 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
1990 06 09 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
1990 06 09 Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 06 09 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit HRs in 10 games
1990 06 09 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
1990 06 09 Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
1990 06 09 Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title
1991 06 09 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
1991 06 09 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
1991 06 09 Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa
1991 06 09 Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI
1991 06 09 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1991 06 09 WLAF first world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1993 06 09 Amantes (1991), premieres in France
1993 06 09 Body Snatchers (1993), premieres in France
1993 06 09 Ce que femme veut (1993), premieres in France
1993 06 09 Passion Fish (1992), premieres in France
1993 06 09 Tout capour ca! (1993), premieres in France
1993 06 09 What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), premieres
1993 06 09 Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
1993 06 09 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
1993 06 09 Tickets for Indians first season in Jacobs Field go on sale
1994 06 09 Hudsucker Proxy, premieres in Germany
1994 06 09 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico
1994 06 09 Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)
1995 06 09 Brady Bunch Movie, (1995), premieres in UK
1995 06 09 Congo (1995), premieres in USA
1995 06 09 Dumb & Dumber (1994), premieres in Sweden
1995 06 09 Killer (1994), premieres in UK
1995 06 09 Kiss of Death (1995), premieres in UK
1995 06 09 Man of the House (1995), premieres in UK
1995 06 09 Neak Sre (1993), premieres in UK
1995 06 09 Party Girl (1995), premieres in USA
1995 06 09 Smoke (1995), premieres in USA
1995 06 09 Wigstock The Movie (1994), premieres in USA
1996 06 09 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
1996 06 09 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1996 06 09 Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311
1997 06 09 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1997 06 09 Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in first inning
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