TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020

1456-23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1822-Charles Graham receives 1st patent for false teeth

1898-China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years

1928-First aerial cross of the Pacific lands in Brisbane Australia

1931-Firstshowing of a Donald Duck cartoon

1954-Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1959-First ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)

1977-Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks

1978-Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London

1979-Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes

1980-Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth

1982-Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley

1984-"Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres

1984-Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"

1988 -Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to the U.K.

1997 -British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires