June 9
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[edit] Events
- 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
- 721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.
- 1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
- 1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- 1923 - Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
- 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.
- 1967 - Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War.
- 1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding Blacks.
[edit] Births
- 1672 - Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
- 1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, French politician (d. 1921)
- 1916 - Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense and president of the World Bank
[edit] Deaths
- 68 - Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)
- 1870 - Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
