June 9 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 9
In the headlines today:

2000	Harlem Renaissance painter Jacob Lawrence dies in Seattle, Washington, at age 82.
1999	Yugoslav and NATO generals sign a Kosovo peace pact, ending 78 days of NATO airstrikes.
1993	Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito marries Masako Owada.
1986	The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
1980	Comedian Richard Pryor suffers severe burns in a drug mishap and is hospitalized for two months.
1973	Secretariat becomes the first horse racing Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.
1969	The Senate confirms the appointment of Warren Burger as chief justice of the US Supreme Court.
1959	The first ballistic missile submarine, the USS George Washington, is launched.
1953	100 people die when a tornado strikes Worcester, MA.
1940	Norway surrenders to the Nazis during World War II.
1870	Author Charles Dickens dies in England.
68	Nero, Emperor of Rome, commits suicide.

Born today:

1981 Natalie Portman - actress

1950 Dean Dinning - bassist (Toad the Wet Sprocket)

1963 Johnny Depp - actor

1961 Michael J. Fox - actor

1950 Trevor Bolder - bassist (Uriah Heep)

1941 Jon Lord - keyboardist (Deep Purple)

1939 David Hobbs - auto racer

1934 Jackie Wilson - singer

1934 Jackie Mason - comedian, actor

1930 Marvin Kalb - NBC journalist

1922 George Axelrod - playwright (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

1916 Les Paul - jazz/pop guitarist

1916 Robert McNamara - former US Secretary of State

1908 Robert Cummings - actor

1900 Fred Waring - bandleader, blender inventor

1891 Cole Porter - songwriter

1791 John Payne - songwriter

1781 George Stephenson - steam locomotive inventor

1672 Peter the Great - Russian Emperor

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Gemini

(The Twins)