FTA-TV First Dates - Part 7

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K found some highlights which im sure will have MP

 

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Ok I've seen it + most of the celebrations. All good.

 

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On this day June 9th..

 

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Nero Commits Suicide
68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging

 

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Circumnavigation of Australia​

1803 British explorer Matthew Flinders arrives in Sydney becoming the first person to circumnavigate Australia, proving it is one continent [1]

 

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1910 A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

 

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Mobsters Murder Tribune Reporter
1930 Chicago Tribune reporter and closet racketeer Jake Lingle is shot at close range and killed at the Illinois Central train station, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone; mobster Leo Brothers was convicted of the murder [1]

 

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Event of Interest
1958 HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.

 

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Belmont Stakes
1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years

 

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1984 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland

 

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Film & TV History
2014 Laverne Cox becomes the first transgender person to appear on the cover of "Time" Magazine

 

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Sports History
2017 Tennis player Venus Williams is involved in a car accident that leads to death of another passenger in Palm Beach, Florida; police later clear her of fault

 

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2021 One of the worst ever plagues of mice in New South Wales, Australia, prompts local government to commit $100 million in support to farmers [1] [2]

 

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2021 Record price for a coin sold at auction as 1933 'Double Eagle' gold coin sells for $18.9 million in New York

 

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2022 Conjoined twins with a fused brain successfully separated with help of virtual reality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1]

 

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2022 Two people are rescued after falling into a tank of chocolate at Mars M&M factory in Pennsylvania [1]

 

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Boris Resigns as an MP​

2023 Former UK PM Boris Johnson resigns as an MP accusing government Committee of trying to “drive me out,” ahead of their report investigating if he misled the government over lockdown parties [1]
https://www.onthisday.com/people/boris-johnson

 

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Trump Indicted​

2023 Former US President Donald Trump indicted by a federal grand jury on 37 counts on seven charges, including false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and willful retention of national defense information [1]

 

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2023 Four Colombian children are found safe after surviving 40 days in the Colombian jungle after their plane crashed killing the three adults on board [1]

 

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Michael J. Fox(65 years old)​

1961 Canadian actor, author, comedian and activist (Family Ties; Back To The Future; Teen Wolf), born in Edmonton, Alberta

 

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Johnny Depp(63 years old)​

1963 American actor (21 Jump Street, Pirates of the Caribbean), born in Owensboro, Kentucky

 

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