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June 9 Historical Events

The following events took place on June 9. The list is arranged in chronological order.

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  • 1954
    McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, “You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
  • 1957
    First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
  • 1958
    Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London’s Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
  • 1959
    The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
  • 1965
    The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.
  • 1965
    Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
  • 1967
    Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
  • 1968
    U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
  • 1972
    Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
  • 1973
    In horseracing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
  • 1974
    Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
  • 1978
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to “all worthy men”, ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
  • 1979
    The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) kills seven.
  • 1985
    Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 1991.
  • 1999
    Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
  • 2006
    The 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Accession.
  • 2008
    Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
  • 2009
    An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • 2010
    At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 others are wounded as an explosion rips through an evening wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar.
  • 2015
    The Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army claims to have captured a major Syrian Army base known as Brigade 52 in Daraa Governorate.

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