Friday, June 9, 2000
History today -- 12:08 am CST, Update by The Master
- A.D. 68: Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide.
- 1870: Charles Dickens died.
(J.t.Qbe comments: "That's Dickens with 2 'k's, the well-known Dutch author.")
(A.T. Hun comments: Sure it's not spelled with four 'm's and a silent 'q'?)
(J.t.Qbe recomments: Nope, that's Farles Wickens, author of "Stickwick Stapers") - 1940: Norway surrendered to the Nazi Germany.
- 1953: Approximately 100 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 1954: Army counsel Joseph N. Welch asked Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during the Senate-Army Hearings. (Ed comment: Nope-he didn't)
- 1969: U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Burger as chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
- 1973: "Secretariat" became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.
- 1985: American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon. He was released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite.
- 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: Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito wed commoner Masako Owada in an elaborate Shinto religious ceremony.
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