WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. JUNE
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Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup. (9. June 1923)

In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top. (9. June 1924)

Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. (9. June 1928)

A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. (9. June 1930)

Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen. (9. June 1934)

World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks. (9. June 1944)

World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941. (9. June 1944)

King Ananda Mahidol is found shot dead in his bedroom, Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch. (9. June 1946)

Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO. (9. June 1948)

Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94. (9. June 1953)

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?" (9. June 1954)

First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. (9. June 1957)

Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. (9. June 1958)

The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles. (9. June 1959)

The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quat, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky. (9. June 1965)

Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria (9. June 1967)

The U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. (9. June 1968)

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. (9. June 1972)

In horseracing, Secretariat wins the Triple Crown. (9. June 1973)

Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations. (9. June 1974)

   
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