Today in History - History - June 9th

198555th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62)

1983Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election

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

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

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.

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

1942Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, and Hitler's order was given to "teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility".

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

1974Miguel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, dies at 74

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