Today in History

    What happened on the 9th of June in history?

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    • 1580
      Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes - Portugal's national poet - dies
    • 1639
      1st American log cabin at Ft Christina (Wilmington Del)
    • 1752
      Ben Franklin flies kit in storm
    • 1772
      Burning of the Gaspee British revenue cutter by Rhode Islanders
    • 1801
      State of Tripoli declares war on the US
    • 1854
      Georg F.B. Reiman proposes that space is curved
    • 1865
      Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany
    • 1869
      Agnes arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef
    • 1880
      Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
    • 1892
      Wilbert Robinson gets 7 base hits in 1 baseball game
    • 1898
      US Marines land at Cuba in Spanish-American War
    • 1910
      Portuguese Natl Day
    • 1921
      Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
    • 1932
      1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass
    • 1935
      Alcoholics Anonymous formed in Akron by Dr Robert Smith
    • 1940
      Italy declares war on France & Britain
    • 1942
      Nazis exterminate village of Lidice - Czechoslovakia
    • 1942
      Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173
    • 1943
      FDR 1st US pres to visit foreign country during wartime
    • 1944
      Joe Nuxhall at 15 became youngest ML baseball player
    • 1946
      Establishment of Italian Republic
    • 1954
      PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting
    • 1955
      1st virus separated into component parts - reported
    • 1959
      Rocky Colovito hits 4 HRs in 1 game
    • 1964
      Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
    • 1967
      Israel Syria Jordan Iraq Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help
    • 1977
      Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II. Also James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
    • 1978
      Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
    • 1984
      Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 2.39 m