Historical Events In June - 09

1963  On this day in history barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show"  

1963  Movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY on this day in history.  

1964  On June - 09 max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies  

1967  On this day in history the Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl  

1967  On this day in history stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64  

1969  On June - 09 brian Jones quits the Rolling Stones  

1969  Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold  

1971  Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 on June - 09.  

1972  14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 200 on June - 09.  

1972  Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history secretariat becomes the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.  

1974  On this day in history supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) first concert  

1974  M A Asturias, writer, dies on June - 09.  

1975  On June - 09 e Roemer discovers asteroid #1983 Bok  

1975  Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners &1 guard (Sanford Fla) on June - 09.  

1975  David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48 on June - 09.  

1976  James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history george &Patti Harrison divorce  

1977  On June - 09 silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks  

1977  On this day in history bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies  

1978  Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London on June - 09.  

1978  On June - 09 larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for the WBC crown  

1979  Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes on June - 09.  

1980  Comedian Richard Pryor suffers severe burns in a drug mishap and is hospitalized for two months on June - 09.  

1980  Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth on June - 09.  

1980  Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1981  Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1982  Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley on June - 09.  

1982  On this day in history guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60  

1984  Cyndi Lauper's first #1 "Time After Times" on this day in history.  

1984  On June - 09 nASA launches Intelsat V, it failed  

1984  Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD on this day in history.  

1984  Swale wins the Belmont Stakes (8 days later Swale dies) on June - 09.  

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1508  On June - 09 birth of primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)  

1510  On June - 09 birth of nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem  

1573  Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher was born on June - 09.  

1580  Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.  

1588  Johann Andreas Herbst, composer was born on June - 09.  

1595  On this day in history birth of king Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)  

1597  Pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter was born on this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history birth of leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)  

0068  On June - 09 death of claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31  

0373  On this day in history death of ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist  

0597  On this day in history death of st. Columba, Christian missionary (b. 521)  

0630  On this day in history death of king Shahrbaraz of Persia  

1171  On June - 09 jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies  

1361  On this day in history philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69  

1382  On this day in history philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies  

1563  On June - 09 death of william Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)