Today in History - History - June 9th

200248th LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak

1946Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1991Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic

1930Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.

1954Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1971Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold

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

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

1933Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager

1963Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1974Miguel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, dies at 74