Today in History - History - June 9th

197949th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60)

19311st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (Robert Goddard)

1534Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

1914Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits

1978Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

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

1963Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"

1964Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament

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

1940General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

68Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31

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