Today in History for 9th June 2025
Historical Events
1727 – Wreck of Dutch ship Zeewijk on the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, with the loss of 72 lives, 82 survivors eventually build a boat and sail to Batavia (Jakarta)
1958 – HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
1970 – Harry Blackmun sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice
1985 – NBA Championship, Boston Garden: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory; Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1993 – Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, German composer, one of the founders of the Vienna Philharmonic, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1849)
1943 – Charles Saatchi, Iraqi English magnate and art collector (founded advertising company Saatchi and Saatchi), born in Baghdad, Iraq
1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American author (Kay Scarpetta crime novels), born in Miami, Florida
1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright (A Few Good Men; The West Wing), born in New York City
1975 – Paul Agostino, Australian soccer forward (18 caps; 1860 Munich 248 games), born in Adelaide, Australia
Famous Deaths
1901 – Walter Besant, English writer and philanthropist (Rebel Queen), dies at 64
1921 – Luis María Drago, Argentine statesman and author of Drago Doctrine, dies at 62
1967 – Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Polish composer, dies at 64
1994 – Angela Lakeberg, American siamese twin, dies at 11 months
2002 – Hans Janmaat, Dutch politician and party leader (CP, CD), dies of heart failure at 67
