1626 – Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
1933 – German party Catholic Center disbands
1935 – 1st “Hawaii Calls” radio program is broadcast
1942 – 1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Choros 6/9/11
1951 – Dr William Shockley invents the junction transistor (Murray Hill, NJ)
1958 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: American Althea Gibson beats Angela Mortimer of England 8-6, 6-2 to successfully defend her title
1969 – Rolling Stones play a free concert in London’s Hyde Park
1970 – Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto’s airport killing 109
1987 – A’s 1st baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game as Oakland beats Red Sox, 6-2
2006 – Emergency United Nations Security Council meeting at the U.N in New York City because of North Korean missile tests that day