Today in History - History - June 9th

1930Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)

1989Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals

1963Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"

1945Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

199060th French Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (7-6 6-4)

201044th CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert & Keith Urban wins

1075Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German King Henry IV beats Saksen

1971Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold

68Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

1958HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.

1963Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street, Ed Wood)

1981Natalie Portman [Natalie Hershlag], Jerusalem, Israeli/American actress (Professional, Everyone Says I Love You)

1961Michael J. Fox, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadian actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf)

1672Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov],Tsar of Russia (1682-1725)

1908Poet Joyce Kilmer (21) weds author Aline Murray (19)

2012Comedian Rosie O'Donnell (50) weds Michelle Rounds in New York

2009Boxing legend Mike Tyson (43) weds Lakiha Spicer (32) at La Bella Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada

1936Novelist and journalist George Orwell (33) weds Eileen Maud O'Shaugnessy (30) at St. Mary's Church

1939Medical researcher Jonas Salk (24) weds social worker Donna Lindsay

2012Actor Matthew McConaughey (42) weds model Camilla Alves (30) in Austin, Texas

1660French King Louis XIV (21) marries Maria Theresa of Spain (21) at Saint-Jean-de-Luz

1990NHL goaltender Patrick Roy (25) weds Michele Piuze at Saint-Sacrement Church in Quebec, Canada

1870Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58

1974Miguel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, dies at 74