Historical events on June 9

ROMAN EMPEROR

68- Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide.











TREATY

1531- Pope Clement VII and Francois I sign a secret treaty against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.











CHURCH OF ENGLAND

1549- Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the church of England.












TREATY OF STOCKHOLM 

1720- Sweden and Denmark sign the 3rd Treaty of Stockholm.




DONALD DUCK

1934- Donald Duck makes his first film appearance, in The Wise Little Hen, a short by Walt Disney.







TORNADOES

1953- A series of 6 Tornadoes hit the area of Flint in Michigan and parts of Ohio yesterday killing over 140 people and leaving billions of dollars property damage.









LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT

1958- Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.









KING OF JORDAN

1970- An assassination attempt is made on the King Hussein of Jordan when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade as it was driving near his summer place.











HONG KONG

2019- Over 1 million people protest in Hong Kong over proposed new extradition laws to China in one of the largest protests in the city.