Historical Events In June - 09

1963  Barbra Striesand appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on this day in history.  

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

1964  Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies on June - 09.  

1967  The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl on June - 09.  

1967  Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1969  On June - 09 brian Jones quits the Rolling Stones  

1969  Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice on June - 09.  

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 this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia  

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

1974  Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) first concert on this day in history.  

1974  On this day in history m A Asturias, writer, dies  

1975  E Roemer discovers asteroid #1983 Bok on June - 09.  

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

1975  David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

1977  On June - 09 george &Patti Harrison divorce  

1977  Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks on June - 09.  

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

1978  Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for the WBC crown  

1979  Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes on this day in history.  

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

1980  On this day in history soyuz T-2 returns to Earth  

1980  Leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73 on June - 09.  

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

1982  On this day in history israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley  

1982  Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1984  Cyndi Lauper's first #1 "Time After Times" on June - 09.  

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

1984  Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD on June - 09.  

1984  Swale wins the Belmont Stakes (8 days later Swale dies) on this day in history.  

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1508  Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586) was born on June - 09.  

1510  Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem was born on June - 09.  

1573  On June - 09 birth of henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher  

1580  On June - 09 birth of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)  

1588  On this day in history birth of johann Andreas Herbst, composer  

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

1597  On June - 09 birth of pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter  

1640  On June - 09 birth of leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705)  

0068  Death of Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31 on June - 09.  

0373  On June - 09 death of ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist  

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

0630  On June - 09 death of king Shahrbaraz of Persia  

1171  On this day in history jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies  

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

1382  Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1563  Death of William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506) on June - 09.