June 09

Wednesday 09, 1999:

Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

Sunday 09, 1991:

The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party.

Monday 09, 1986:

The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Sunday 09, 1985:

Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991).

Monday 09, 1980:

Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge.

Friday 09, 1978:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men,"ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.

Saturday 09, 1973:

Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.

Tuesday 09, 1959:

The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.

Sunday 09, 1957:

First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain).

Wednesday 09, 1954:

McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army.

Tuesday 09, 1953:

Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.

Friday 09, 1944:

World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, since 1941 occupied by Finland.

Sunday 09, 1935:

Ho-Umezu Agreement: China, under KMT administration, recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.

Saturday 09, 1934:

Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen.

Monday 09, 1930:

Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.

Saturday 09, 1923:

Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.

Wednesday 09, 1915:

U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.

Wednesday 09, 1909:

1909 ? Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York to San Francisco, California.

Tuesday 09, 1863:

American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.

Saturday 09, 1860:

' becomes the first dime novel to be published.

Monday 09, 1856:

500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

Friday 09, 1815:

End of the Congress of Vienna: new European political situation is set.

Wednesday 09, 1790:

Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States.

Tuesday 09, 1772:

British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island.

Monday 09, 1732:

James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/ga01.htm

Saturday 09, 1534:

Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.

Saturday 09, 68:

Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

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