What happend on 9th June

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10.06
1999

Kosovo War: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

1991

The congress of the Italian party Proletarian Democracy decides to merge with the Communist Refoundation Party.

1986

The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

1985

Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991).

1980

Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge.

1978

Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.

1978

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men,"ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.

1973

Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.

1959

The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.

1957

First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain).