Today in History - History - June 9th

200248th LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak

196838th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62)

1990Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games

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

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)

1990Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage

1984Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

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

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.

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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