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Jun 09 1508

Primo Trubar Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)

Jun 09 1510

Nicolaas van Nieuwland corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem

Jun 09 1595

Wadysaw IV Vasa King of Poland (1632-48) born in Krakw (d. 1648)

Jun 09 1768

Samuel Slater American industrialist (d. 1835)

Jun 09 1791

John Howard Payne American actor playwright (Fair Warning) author and creator of the hit song Home Sweet Home born in NYC New York (d. 1852)

Jun 09 1792

Frederic de Merode Earl of Merode Belgian revolutionary born in Maastricht (d. 1830)

Jun 09 1812

Hermann von Fehling German chemist (Fehlings reagens)

Jun 09 1812

Johann G Galle German astronomer (discovered Neptune)

Jun 09 1833

John Rogers Cooke Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1891)

Jun 09 1836

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson 1st qualified woman physician in Britain first woman mayor (Aldeburgh) born in London (d. 1917)

Jun 09 1843

Bertha von Suttner Austrian novelistpacifist (Nobel 1905)

Jun 09 1845

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)

Jun 09 1849

Michael Peter Ancher Danish painter (d. 1927)

Jun 09 1851

Charles Joseph Bonaparte French politician (d. 1921)

Jun 09 1854

Gerardus J P J Bolland Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society)

Jun 09 1861

Floris H Verster [van Wulverhorst] paintercartoonistetcher

Jun 09 1865

Carl Nielsen Norre-Lyndelse Denmark composer (Det Uuslukkelige)

Jun 09 1865

Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard French composer

Jun 09 1875

Henry Dale physiologist (Nobel-1936) born in London England

Jun 09 1879

Dudley Digges Irish actor (Mutiny on the Bounty The Invisible Man) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1947)

Jun 09 1882

Robert Kerr Canadian sprinter (1909 Olympics) born in Enniskillen Northern Ireland (d. 1963)

Jun 09 1884

Johannes Clinge Doorenbos Dutch journalistconductor

Jun 09 1888

Hugo Kauder Austrian composer born in Tovaov (d. 1972)

Jun 09 1890

Leslie Banks English actor and director (Jamaica Inn 48 Hours)

Jun 09 1891

Cole Porter America composer and lyricist (Anything Goes Kiss Me Kate) born in Peru Indiana (d. 1964)

Jun 09 1893

Samuel N Behrman American screenwriter (Tale of 2 Cities Daddy Long Legs)

Jun 09 1893

Irish Meusel American baseball player (d. 1963)

Jun 09 1896

Aura Abranches Portuguese actress (Lisboa O Primo Basilio) born in Lisbon Portugal (d. 1962)

Jun 09 1896

Catherine Filene Shouse philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute)

Jun 09 1898

Curzio Malaparte [Kurt E Suckert] Italian author (Kaputt)

Jun 09 1898

Luigi Fagioli Italian race car driver (d. 1952)

Jun 09 1900

Fred Waring American musician and conductor (name behind the Waring Blender) born in Tyronne Pennsylvania (d. 1984)

Jun 09 1901

Marion Gering Russian actress (Sarumba Rumba Ready for Love 24 Hours) born in Rostov-on-Don Russia (d. 1977)

Jun 09 1310 Duccios Maest Altarpiece a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena Italy.

Jun 09 1456 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halleys Comet

Jun 09 1628 1st deportation from what is now US Thomas Morton from Massachusetts

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