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June 9 in history

198 sourced entries recorded on June 9, from 411 BCE to 2024 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 411 BCEThe democracy of Athens is overthrown by the oligarchic extremists, Antiphon, Theramenes, Peisander and Phrynichus in an effort by the oligarchists to exert more control over the conduct of the war with Sparta and its allies. A "Council of Four Hundred" is set up. The total defeat of the Athenian expedition to Sicily and the consequent revolts of many of the subject-allies has weakened Athenian finances severely; the acknowledged purpose of the revolutionary movement is to revise the constitution to better run Athens' finances. However, its rule is high-handed and the Council of Four Hundred is only able to maintain itself for four months.source
  • 53Nero is adopted by Claudius as his son and marries his 14-year-old daughter Claudia Octavia.source
  • 68The Roman Senate accepts Servius Sulpicius Galba, as Roman Emperor.source
  • 721Battle of Toulouse: After besieging Toulouse for three months, Muslim forces under governor (wali) Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani are defeated by Eudes, duke of Aquitaine, preventing the extension of Umayyad control over Gaul.source
  • 747Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani, Persian military leader from Khorasan, begins an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which is carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. Close to 10,000 Muslims, primarily Khorasani Persians are under his command, when the hostilities officially begin in Merv (modern Turkmenistan).source
  • 908The generals Zhang Hao and Xu Wen assassinate Yang Wo (Prince of Hongnong). He is succeeded by his 11-year-old brother Yang Longyan as ruler of the Wu Kingdom.source
  • 978King Qian Chu surrenders his territories and pledges allegiance to the Song Dynasty, saving his people from war and economic destruction. Qian Chu remains ruler and moves 3,000 members of his household to Bianjing (modern-day Kaifeng). Wuyue is absorbed into the Song Dynasty, effectively ending the kingdom.source
  • 1070Kulottunga I begins his reign as Chola emperor in South India.source
  • 1075First Battle of Langensalza: Emperor Henry IV defeats the Saxon nobles on the River Unstrut near Langensalza in Thuringia (modern Germany). He subjugates Saxony, and immediately tries to reassert his rights as the sovereign of northern Italy.source
  • 1156Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) marries Beatrice I, daughter of Reginald III, adding the County of Burgundy to the Holy Roman Empire.source
  • 1311The painting Maestà the master work of the Italian artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, is unveiled at the Siena Cathedral in the Republic of Siena.source
  • 1321Guillaume Agasse, the head of a leper house in Pamiers, claims in a statement to Bishop Jacques Founier (later Pope Benedict XII) that he had learned that more than fifty officials of leper houses had conspired with the Emirate of Granada to spread leprosy throughout France.source
  • 1346Battle of St Pol de Léon: The English army defeats Charles of Blois in Brittany.source
  • 1386Queen Elizabeth of Hungary pledges to assist King Wladyslaw II of Poland against his enemies, the Teutonic Knights, who question the legitimacy of the King's marriage to Queen Jadigwa.source
  • 1403The Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos returns to Constantinople after an absence for more than two years in Western Europe.source
  • 1413Parliament closes in England as royal assent is given by King Henry V to acts passed during the session, including the Corn Measure Act 1413 and the Parliamentary Elections Act 1413 that sets regulations for the qualification of men to be elected to the House of Commons.source
  • 1448The regency of Portugal ends as Dom Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, as King Afonso V, now 16, dismisses his uncle who had served as regent for almost 10 years after the death of King Duarte in 1738. Influenced by Afonso de Braganza, King Afonso begins nullification of all of the decrees made in his name by Dom Pedro.source
  • 1456Halley's Comet makes an appearance, as noted by the humanist scholar Platina.source
  • 1483The Grand Duke Ivan IV of Ryazan signs a treaty with his uncle, Grand Duke Ivan III of Moscow, placing Ryazan under Moscow's control and ending Ryazan's independence.source
  • 1501The semi-independent city of Basel joins the Swiss Confederation as the eleventh canton of Switzerland.source
  • 1526Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of Japan.source
  • 1534Jacques Cartier and his crew become the first Europeans to discover the Gulf of St Lawrence.source
  • 1549The Book of Common Prayer is introduced in English churches; the Prayer Book Rebellion against it breaks out in the West Country.source
  • 1580Rebels of the Dutch Union of Utrecht, aided by French soldiers, make a surprise attack on the Spanish Netherlands city of Diest in the Duchy of Brabant, and overwhelm the strategic location, now in Belgium, in one day.source
  • 1595Battle of Fontaine-Française: Henry IV of France defeats the Spanish, but is nearly killed due to his rashness.source
  • 1598The Principality of Wallachia becomes a vassal state of the Austrian Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire, after Michael the Brave (Mihai Pătrașcu, with a regnal name of Michael II) signs an agreement at Prague with Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor to receive protection from the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1600Yi Hang-bok becomes the new Chief State Councillor of Korea (the Yeonguijeong), equivalent to a prime minister, after being appointed by King Seonjo to replace Yi San-hae.source
  • 1604Thomas Percy, one of the English conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I, is appointed as one of the king's bodyguards by the Earl of Northumberland.source
  • 1606Accident at the Neuilly-sur-Seine ferry: the king and queen with others of the court, returning from Saint-Germain to Paris, nearly drown. The king orders construction of the first, wooden, Pont de Neuilly, built between 1609 and 1611.source
  • 1650The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established (the first legal corporation in the Americas).source
  • 1658In a letter to the king, citizens of Copenhagen make a demand for special privileges and a City Council of 32 men.source
  • 1664Kronenbourg Brewery (Brasseries Kronenbourg) is founded in Strasbourg.source
  • 1670Taking advantage of a monsoon, the Maratha Empire's Shivaji orders an attack on areas that had been turned over to the Mughal Empire and its emperor Aurangazeb in 1665. Within 15 days, the cities of Pune, Baramati, Supi and Indapur, along with the Rohida fort, are recaptured by the Maratha Army.source
  • 1701Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.source
  • 1706Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway sends the first two Protestant missionaries to India, dispatching Lutherans Heinrich Plütcshau and Bartholomeus Ziegenbalg to Denmark-Norway's colony in India, the Dansk Ostindien, based at Tharangambadi ("Tranquebar") in what is now the Tamil Nadu state.source
  • 1715King Philip, ruler of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon unifies the two monarchies into a single state, centralizing rule of a unified Kingdom of Spain.source
  • 1715King Philip, ruler of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon unifies the two realms into a single state, centralizing rule of a unified Kingdom of Spain.source
  • 1732James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.source
  • 1747Emperor Momozono ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Emperor Sakuramachi.source
  • 1758June 9–10 – Spanish-Barbary Wars – Battle of Cape Palos: a Spanish squadron of three ships of the line defeats a Barbary squadron made up of a ship of the line and a frigate.source
  • 1763The Mozart family grand tour departed following the Seven Years' War. Leopold Mozart took seven year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Maria Anna Mozart on a Western Europe tour to perform in front of royalty.source
  • 1767the Townshend Acts are passed by Parliament, placing a tax on common products, such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.source
  • 1770Falklands Crisis (1770): Some 1,600 Spanish marines, sent by the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires in five frigates, seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands. The small British force present promptly surrenders.source
  • 1770Spanish troops seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands triggering the Falklands Crisis.source
  • 1772Gaspee Affair: In an act of defiance against the British Navigation Acts, American patriots, led by Abraham Whipple, attack and burn the British customs schooner HMS Gaspee off of Rhode Island.source
  • 1775Martial law is proclaimed in Canada.source
  • 1784The Bank of New York, a predecessor of BNY Mellon, opens.source
  • 1788The African Association, an exploration group dedicated to plotting the Niger River and finding Timbuktu, is founded in England.source
  • 1790Royal assent is given to establishment of the port of Milford Haven in Wales.source
  • 1790Royal assent is given to establishment of the port of Milford Haven.source
  • 1803Matthew Flinders completes the first known circumnavigation of Australia.source
  • 1804Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E–flat is premiered in Vienna.source
  • 1804Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E–flat premiered in Vienna.source
  • 1807The Duke of Portland is chosen as Prime Minister after the United Kingdom general election.source
  • 1815The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set. The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created, and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.source
  • 1815The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set. The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created, and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.source
  • 1825The U.S. Senate ratifies the treaty with the Poncas tribe.source
  • 1827Norra begravningsplatsen is inaugurated.source
  • 1832The Strasburg Rail Road is incorporated by the Pennsylvania State Legislature, making it the oldest continuously operating railroad in the Western Hemisphere.source
  • 1833Dubai secedes from Abu Dhabi.source
  • 1841de Aguiar takes over as prime minister after Valdezsource
  • 1846Burning of St. John's, Newfoundland.source
  • 1847Radley College, an English public school, is founded near Oxford as a High Anglican institution.source
  • 1848June 2–12 – The Prague Slavic Congress brings together members of the Pan-Slavism movement.source
  • 1853Aalst railway station opens.source
  • 1856500 Mormon handcart pioneers leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.source
  • 1856500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.source
  • 1861Règlement Organique: With the approval of European powers, the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate is established as a semi-autonomous sub-division separate from the Sidon Eyalet. An Ottoman Armenian, Davud Pasha, is appointed Mutasarrıf by the Ottoman Sultan.source
  • 1866At Danville, Canada East, a fire breaks out in a railway car containing 2,000 lb of ammunition. Private Timothy O'Hea, an Irish soldier, will be awarded the Victoria Cross for his leadership and initiative in fighting the fire.source
  • 1873Alexandra Palace entertainment venue in London is destroyed by fire, only a fortnight after its opening.source
  • 1873Alexandra Palace entertainment venue in north London is destroyed by fire only a fortnight after its opening.source
  • 1884The construction of the Reichstag building in Berlin started.source
  • 1885Treaty of Tientsin (1885), Sino-French War endssource
  • 1889The Monument to Giordano Bruno, created by Ettore Ferrari, was erected at Campo de' Fiori square in Rome, Italy, to commemorate the italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was burned there in 1600 after being tried for heresy by the Roman Inquisition on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines. Since its inception the idea of a monument dedicated to the executed heretic located in Rome, once the capital of the Papal States, has generated controversy between anti-clerical and those more aligned with the Roman Catholic church.source
  • 1893The front part of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. collapses, killing 22 War Department clerks and injuring 68 others.source
  • 1898The British government arranges a 99-year rent of extended territories of Hong Kong from China.source
  • 1899American boxer James J. Jeffries wins the world heavyweight boxing championship when he knocks out Cornish-born Bob Fitzsimmons at Coney Island, New York.source
  • 1909August 7 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. In 59 days, she drives a Maxwell automobile 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York to San Francisco, California with three non-driving female companions.source
  • 1912The Villisca axe murders take place in Villisca, Iowasource
  • 1914Pittsburgh Pirate Honus Wagner becomes the first baseball player in the twentieth century with 3,000 career hits.source
  • 1922Åland's Regional Assembly convenes for its first plenary session in Mariehamn, Åland; the day will be celebrated as Self-Government Day of Åland.source
  • 1924June 7–16 – Rudolf Steiner delivers his Agriculture Course at Koberwitz beginning of the organic agriculture movement.source
  • 1927The Soviet Union executes 20 people for alleged espionage in retaliation for the assassination two days earlier of Pyotr Voykov, the Soviet ambassador to Poland, at the railway station in Warsaw. Voykov had been shot by 19-year-old Boris Kowerda, an exiled Russian, in retaliation for having signed the death warrants in 1918 for Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Imperial Family.source
  • 1928Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew complete the first flight across the Pacific Ocean, from the mainland United States to Australia, in the Fokker F.VII aircraft Southern Cross. Having left Oakland, California on May 31, they reach Brisbane via Honolulu and Fiji.source
  • 1928Ellis Park Stadium, a well-known sport venue of South Africa, officially opens in Johannesburg.source
  • 1931submarine HMS Poseidon sinks after collision with a Chinese freighter off Weihai, China. Twenty lives are lost but a few submariners become the first to surface using the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus.source
  • 1934Donald Duck makes his film debut in Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon The Wise Little Hen.source
  • 1935He–Umezu Agreement: China's Kuomintang government concedes Japanese military control of north-eastern China.source
  • 1942World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.source
  • 1946In Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) accedes to the throne after the death of his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII). He will reign until his death on October 13, 2016.source
  • 1953June 7–9 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A single storm-system spawns 46 tornadoes of various sizes, in 10 states from Colorado to Massachusetts, over 3 days, killing 246.source
  • 1953CIA Technical Services Staff head Sidney Gottlieb approves of the use of LSD in an MKUltra subproject.source
  • 1953The Government said that as a measure to curb the spread of rabies, 7,397 dogs have been vaccinated and 1,051 stray dogs have been shot since May.source
  • 1953On the third day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado the day before hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.source
  • 1953Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.source
  • 1954McCarthyism: Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy, during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army, saying, "Have you, at long last, no decency?" The exchange results in the decline of McCarthy's popularity.source
  • 1956Juan Jose Valle launches a revolt against the government of President Aramburu. He and 26 others are executed after its failure.source
  • 1956Berit Aunli, cross-country skiersource
  • 1957Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border, is first ascended.source
  • 1959The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.source
  • 19601960 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Mary kills 1,600 people in China.source
  • 1972The Black Hills flood kills 238 in South Dakota.source
  • 1972June 5–16 – The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment is held in Stockholm, Swedensource
  • 1975The Order of Australia is awarded for the first time.source
  • 1979June 9–23 – The 1979 Cricket World Cup is held in England with West Indies defeating England in the final.source
  • 1979Native Luxembourger Lucien Didier wins the 1979 Tour de Luxembourg.source
  • 1983Britain's Conservative government, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected by a landslide majority.source
  • 1983June 9–25 – The 1983 Cricket World Cup is held in England with India defeating West Indies in the final.source
  • 1986The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.source
  • 1988The National Skin Centre starts operations.source
  • 1989June 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.source
  • 1990Mega Borg oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas.source
  • 1991A major collapse at the Emaswati Colliery in Swaziland traps 26 miners 65 meters below the surface; they are rescued 30 hours later.source
  • 1992June 3–14 – The Earth Summit is held in Rio de Janeiro.source
  • 1994The biggest single robbery to strike a private home occurs at a property in Bukit Timah, in which S$6 million worth of valuables were stolen. All five men involved in the armed robbery were subsequently arrested.source
  • 1996Italy's Alberto Elli wins the 1996 Tour de Luxembourg.source
  • 1999Kosovo War: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty to end their hostilities.source
  • 2003June 8-10: A failed military coup attempted to overthrow the President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya.source
  • 2006June 9 to July 9 – The 2006 FIFA World Cup takes place in Germany; Italy defeats France in the final.source
  • 2010The Chicago Blackhawks win their first Stanley Cup since 1961.source
  • 2011Cheaper new meningitis vaccinations reduce cases in Africa, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recording the lowest number of cases.source
  • 201759 individuals and 12 groups with links to Qatar are issued on a "terror list" by Saudi Arabia.source
  • 2018June 8–9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs.source
  • 20192019–2020 Hong Kong protests: Over 1 million people in Hong Kong protest against proposed legislation regarding extradition to mainland China. It is the largest protest in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover.source
  • 2019Shooting of David Ortiz in Santo Domingo Estesource
  • 2019A large explosive eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia sends a 7,000-meter ash column into the air, generating a pyroclastic flow 3–3.5 kilometers long towards the south and southeast of the mountain.source
  • 2021The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador passes legislation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in the country, becoming the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency alongside the U.S. dollar.source
  • 2021The 2021 Mongolian presidential election is held.source
  • 2024June 6–9 – The 2024 European Parliament election is held. The EPP, of incumbent Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, retains its status as the largest group in parliament amid notable gains by far-right political groups.source

Births

  • 1016Deokjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (died 1034)source
  • 1309Rupert I, German nobleman and count palatine (died 1390)source
  • 1424Blanche II of Navarre (died 1464)source
  • 1589John of St. Thomas, Portuguese philosopher (died 1644)source
  • 1595King Wladislaus IV of Poland (died 1648)source
  • 1595Władysław IV Vasa, prince of Sweden and Poland (died 1648)source
  • 1625Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" born in New Netherland (died 1685)source
  • 1640Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1705)source
  • 1672Emperor Peter the Great of Russia (died 1725)source
  • 1686Andrew Michael Ramsay, Scottish writer (died 1743)source
  • 1709Francis Towneley, English Catholic and supporter of the exiled House of Stuart or Jacobite (died 1746)source
  • 1768Samuel Slater, American industrialist (died 1835)source
  • 1781George Stephenson, English engineer, designer of railway locomotives Locomotion No. 1, Rocket (died 1848)source
  • 1835Ramón Barros Luco (died 1919)source
  • 1840Custódio José de Melo, admiral and politician (died 1902)source
  • 1843Bertha von Suttner, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1914)source
  • 1865Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (died 1931)source
  • 1891Cole Porter, American composer, songwriter (died 1964)source
  • 1910Robert Cummings, American actor (died 1990)source
  • 1915Les Paul, American inventor and musician (died 2009)source
  • 1963Johnny Depp, American actor and film directorsource
  • 2007Maisha Kanna – Actress, and singersource

Deaths

  • 68Nero, Roman emperor (suicide) (born AD 37)source
  • 68Emperor Nero commits suicide four miles outside Rome. He is deserted by the Praetorian Guard, and then stabs himself in the throat.source
  • 86Cornelius Fuscus, Roman general and praetorian prefectsource
  • 261Wang Ji (or Boyu), Chinese general (born 190)source
  • 373Ephrem the Syrian, Syrian Orthodox priest and saint (born 306)source
  • 597Columba, Gaelic Irish missionary (born 521)source
  • 597Columba, Irish missionary, dies in Iona (Inner Hebrides) and is buried by his monks in the abbey he has created. He works successfully towards the conversion of northern Britain.source
  • 630Shahrbaraz is killed and succeeded by Borandukht, daughter of former king Khosrow II. She ascends the throne as 26th monarch of Persia, before being deposed in favour of Shapur-i Shahrvaraz, whose brief reign is then followed by that of her sister Azarmidokht.source
  • 630Shahrbaraz, king of the Persian Empiresource
  • 889Aimoin, Frankish monk and archivistsource
  • 908Yang Wo, emperor of Wu (born 886)source
  • 1012Unger, bishop of Poznańsource
  • 1012Tagino, archbishop of Magdeburgsource
  • 1087Otto I ("the Fair"), prince of Olomouc (born 1045)source
  • 1171Jacob ben Meir Tam, French Jewish rabbi (born 1100)source
  • 1211Andrew II, Baron of Vitré, French nobleman and knight (born 1150)source
  • 1215Manegold of Berg, German abbot and bishopsource
  • 1238Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchestersource
  • 1252Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburgsource
  • 1348Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Sienese painter (Black Death) (born 1290)source
  • 1361Philippe de Vitry, French composer (born 1291)source
  • 1502Astorre III Manfredi, Italian noble (born 1485)source
  • 1572Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (born 1528)source
  • 1583Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1525)source
  • 1597José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1534)source
  • 1647Leonard Calvert, Colonial governor of Maryland (born 1606)source
  • 1656Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-born composer (born 1572)source
  • 1681William Lilly, English astrologer (born 1602)source
  • 1701Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife (born 1640)source
  • 1716In India, 600 imprisoned members of the failed Sikh Khalsa rebellion against the Mughal Empire are executed on orders of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar. Banda Singh Bahadur, leader of the rebellion, is brutally tortured and mutilated before being killed.source
  • 1716Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (executed) (born 1670)source
  • 1717Jeanne Guyon, French mystic (born 1648)source
  • 1771Richard Trevor, former bishop of St David's, 63source
  • 1836Manuel de Aspiroz, statesman, Senator, and diplomat was born in Puebla, Puebla (died 1905)source
  • 1842Maria Dalle Donne, Bolognese physician (born 1778)source
  • 1863Dost Mohammad Khan, Emir of Kabul, King of Kandahar (born 1793)source
  • 1870Charles Dickens, British novelist (born 1812)source
  • 1870English novelist Charles Dickens dies at Gads Hill Place in Kent, leaving his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.source
  • 1871Anna Atkins, British botanist (born 1799)source
  • 1873Francisco Javier Ovalle Bezanillasource
  • 1912Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (born 1852)source
  • 1923Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, third daughter of Queen Victoria (born 1846)source
  • 1923Bulgarian coup d'état of 1923: A military coup in Bulgaria ousts prime minister Aleksandar Stamboliyski (he is killed June 14).source
  • 1924George Mallory, British mountain climber (lost on Mount Everest) (born 1886)source
  • 1927Victoria Woodhull, American feminist, spiritualist and first woman to ever run for U.S. President (born 1838)source
  • 1964Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born British newspaper publisher and politician (born 1879)source
  • 1974Katharine Cornell, German-born, American stage actress, writer, theatre owner, and producer (born 1893)source