Historical Events In June - 09

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

1963  On June - 09 movie "Cleopatra" opens in NY  

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

1967  On June - 09 the Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl  

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

1969  Brian Jones quits the Rolling Stones on this day in history.  

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

1971  Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1974  Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) first concert on June - 09.  

1974  On June - 09 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 June - 09.  

1976  James A Farley, US Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 on June - 09.  

1977  On June - 09 george &Patti Harrison divorce  

1977  Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks on this day in history.  

1977  On June - 09 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 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  Comedian Richard Pryor suffers severe burns in a drug mishap and is hospitalized for two months on this day in history.  

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

1980  On June - 09 leonard Huizinga, journalist/writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73  

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 June - 09.  

1984  NASA launches Intelsat V, it failed on this day in history.  

1984  On this day in history polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD  

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

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1508  Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history birth of pieter J Saenredam, architecture painter  

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  Death of Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist on this day in history.  

0597  On June - 09 death of st. Columba, Christian missionary (b. 521)  

0630  Death of King Shahrbaraz of Persia on June - 09.  

1171  Jacob Ben Meir, [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies on this day in history.  

1361  Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1563  On this day in history death of william Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)