June 9
1588 - Construction began on the present-day Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, with the laying of the first stone; the structure was completed in 1591.
1870 - Author Charles Dickens died at age 58 in Gad's Hill Place, England.
1898 - China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.
1911 - Carrie Nation, the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader, died at age 64.
1934 - Donald Duck made his screen debut in the animated feature "The Wise Little Hen".
1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which reintroduced federal income tax withholding from paychecks.
1954 - During the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
1969 - The Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
1972 - Heavy rains triggered record flooding in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the resulting disaster left at least 238 people dead and $164 million in damage.
1978 - After 148 years, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.
1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor suffered near-fatal burns at his home when a mixture of free-base cocaine exploded.
1983 - Britain’s Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, won a decisive election victory.
1986 - The Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
1993 - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.
2004 - The body of Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda before the 40th president’s funeral.
2008 - Retail gas prices rose above $4 per gallon.
2011 - Alabama passed a tough law against illegal immigration, requiring schools to find out if students were in the country lawfully and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. (Federal courts later blocked parts of the law.)
2016 - President Barack Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton to succeed him and urged Democrats in a web video to line up behind her.
2020 - Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church for the funeral of George Floyd, a Black man whose death during a Minneapolis arrest inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice.
2020 - In a primary election plagued by hours-long lines, voting machine malfunctions and provisional ballot shortages, Georgia Democrats chose Jon Ossoff to face Republican Sen. David Perdue in November. (Perdue finished 88,000 votes ahead of Ossoff in November, forcing a January runoff that was won by Ossoff.)
2020 - The Paramount Network said it was dropping the long-running reality series “Cops” after 33 seasons on the air.
Birthdays
21 - Laurie Hernandez (gymnast)
29 - Lucien Laviscount (actor)
32 - Tanya Burr (actress)
33 - Mae Whitman (actress)
36 - Sonam Kapoor (actress)
40 - Natalie Portman (actress)
43 - Michaela Conlin (actress)
48 - Keesha Sharp (actress)
55 - Tamela Mann (musician)
57 - Gloria Reuben (actress)
58 - Johnny Depp (actor)
60 - Aaron Sorkin (producer)
60 - Michael J. Fox (actor)
70 - Dave Parker (baseball player)
82 - Dick Vitale (sportscaster)
90 - Bill Virdon (baseball player)
93 - Jackie Mason (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - June 9
1914 - Honus Wagner became the second player in major league history to record 3,000 hits.
1966 - The Minnesota Twins set a major league record when they hit six home runs in one inning.
1973 - Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, running the fastest 1 1/2 miles on dirt at 2:24 and became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
1978 - Larry Holmes won a 15-round split decision over Ken Norton.
1984 - The Pittsburgh Penguins used their fist pick overall to select Mario Lemieux in the NHL Entry Draft.
1985 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in six games to win the NBA championship.
1990 - Monica Seles became the youngest winner in French Open history when she beat Steffi Graf.
1993 - The Montreal Canadiens won their 24th Stanley Cup, defeating the Los Angeles Kings in five games.
1996 - Ryan Hancock became the first California Angel pitcher to get a hit in 24 years. Nolan Ryan was the previous pitcher to get a hit for the Angels in 1972.
2001 - Ray Bourque (Colorado Avalanche) won his first Stanley Cup. He retired from the NHL just 17 days later after a 22 year career. The Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils in seven games to win the championship.
2003 - The New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4 games to 3. Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) became the first goaltender to produce 7 playoff shutouts in a single-season.
2008 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds became the sixth player in baseball history to hit 600 home runs, joining Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa.
2010 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games to win their first Stanley Cup since 1961.
2012 - Maria Sharapova of Russia beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final to complete a career Grand Slam.
1588 - Construction began on the present-day Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, with the laying of the first stone; the structure was completed in 1591.
1870 - Author Charles Dickens died at age 58 in Gad's Hill Place, England.
1898 - China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.
1911 - Carrie Nation, the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader, died at age 64.
1934 - Donald Duck made his screen debut in the animated feature "The Wise Little Hen".
1940 - Norway surrendered to the Nazis during World War II.
1943 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which reintroduced federal income tax withholding from paychecks.
1954 - During the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
1969 - The Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
1972 - Heavy rains triggered record flooding in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the resulting disaster left at least 238 people dead and $164 million in damage.
1978 - After 148 years, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.
1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor suffered near-fatal burns at his home when a mixture of free-base cocaine exploded.
1983 - Britain’s Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, won a decisive election victory.
1986 - The Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
1993 - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.
2004 - The body of Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda before the 40th president’s funeral.
2008 - Retail gas prices rose above $4 per gallon.
2011 - Alabama passed a tough law against illegal immigration, requiring schools to find out if students were in the country lawfully and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. (Federal courts later blocked parts of the law.)
2016 - President Barack Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton to succeed him and urged Democrats in a web video to line up behind her.
2020 - Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church for the funeral of George Floyd, a Black man whose death during a Minneapolis arrest inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice.
2020 - In a primary election plagued by hours-long lines, voting machine malfunctions and provisional ballot shortages, Georgia Democrats chose Jon Ossoff to face Republican Sen. David Perdue in November. (Perdue finished 88,000 votes ahead of Ossoff in November, forcing a January runoff that was won by Ossoff.)
2020 - The Paramount Network said it was dropping the long-running reality series “Cops” after 33 seasons on the air.
Birthdays
21 - Laurie Hernandez (gymnast)
29 - Lucien Laviscount (actor)
32 - Tanya Burr (actress)
33 - Mae Whitman (actress)
36 - Sonam Kapoor (actress)
40 - Natalie Portman (actress)
43 - Michaela Conlin (actress)
48 - Keesha Sharp (actress)
55 - Tamela Mann (musician)
57 - Gloria Reuben (actress)
58 - Johnny Depp (actor)
60 - Aaron Sorkin (producer)
60 - Michael J. Fox (actor)
70 - Dave Parker (baseball player)
82 - Dick Vitale (sportscaster)
90 - Bill Virdon (baseball player)
93 - Jackie Mason (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - June 9
1914 - Honus Wagner became the second player in major league history to record 3,000 hits.
1966 - The Minnesota Twins set a major league record when they hit six home runs in one inning.
1973 - Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, running the fastest 1 1/2 miles on dirt at 2:24 and became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
1978 - Larry Holmes won a 15-round split decision over Ken Norton.
1984 - The Pittsburgh Penguins used their fist pick overall to select Mario Lemieux in the NHL Entry Draft.
1985 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in six games to win the NBA championship.
1990 - Monica Seles became the youngest winner in French Open history when she beat Steffi Graf.
1993 - The Montreal Canadiens won their 24th Stanley Cup, defeating the Los Angeles Kings in five games.
1996 - Ryan Hancock became the first California Angel pitcher to get a hit in 24 years. Nolan Ryan was the previous pitcher to get a hit for the Angels in 1972.
2001 - Ray Bourque (Colorado Avalanche) won his first Stanley Cup. He retired from the NHL just 17 days later after a 22 year career. The Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils in seven games to win the championship.
2003 - The New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup after defeating the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4 games to 3. Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils) became the first goaltender to produce 7 playoff shutouts in a single-season.
2008 - Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds became the sixth player in baseball history to hit 600 home runs, joining Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa.
2010 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games to win their first Stanley Cup since 1961.
2012 - Maria Sharapova of Russia beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final to complete a career Grand Slam.
