Today in History - History - June 9th

1971Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold

1964Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament

1991Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic

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

1899james j jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

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

1977Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks

200248th LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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