Historical Events -  June 9

68 AD: Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide.

1665: Treaty of Purandar was signed between Mirza Raje Jaisingh and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

1752: The French army surrendered to England in Trichinopoly. 

1866: Establishment of Allahabad High Court.

1900: Birsa Munda, the freedom fighter, died in Ranchi Jail under mysterious circumstances.

1934: World famous cartoon made his theatrical debut with The Wise Little Hen. 

1959: USS George Washington, the first-ever submarine to have a nuclear ballistic missile, was launched in US Navy.

1964: Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India.

1986: First death due to AIDS was reported in a Mumbai based private hospital.

2001: India’s Leander Pes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the men’s doubles title at the French Tennis Championships.

Famous Birthdays   – June 9

1672: Peter the Great, the Russian Emperor.

1931: Nandini Satpathy, an Indian politician and author.

1949: Kiran Bedi, the first female Indian Police Service officer.

1976: Ameesha Patel, an Indian actress, and model.

1981: Anoushka Shankar, a British Indian sitar player, and composer.

1985: Sonam Kapoor, an Indian film actress.

Death Anniversaries -  June 9

1716: Banda Singh Bahadur, a Sikh warrior and a commander of the Khalsa army. 

1834: William Carey, an English Christian missionary, founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India.

1870: Charles Dickens, an English writer, and social critic. 

1900: Birsa Mudra, the freedom fighter, died in Ranchi Jail under mysterious circumstances.

2011: M. F. Husain, an Indian artist, and painter.