June 9

It's June 9th


On this day in 68 AD - Nero commits suicide.
--Nero prepared for suicide, pacing, muttering Qualis artifex pereo ('What an artist the world is losing').
Losing his nerve, he begged one of his companions to set an example by killing himself first.
At last, the sound of approaching horsemen drove Nero to face the end. He took his own life with the
help of his private secretary, Epaphroditus. When one of the horsemen entered and saw that Nero was
dying, he attempted to stop the bleeding, but efforts to save Nero's life were unsuccessful. Nero's final
words were "Too late! This is fidelity!"--
"Nero's Death" by Vasily Sergeyevich Smirnov

"The Most Sadistic Things Nero Ever Did" on Weird History

In 1978 - Rolling Stones releases "Some Girls"


- Dire Straits releases their self-titled debut


Birthdays:

Jon Lord


Trevor Bolder


Jackie Wilson


Barbara


Calvin "Fuzz" Jones


Les Paul



Pete Byrne


Michael J. Fox
as Arthur Summers in "Class of 1984"


Carl Nielsen


Robert Indermaur
Sculpture by Indermaur in Chur, Switerland


Joe Halderman


Michael Ancher
"A Stroll on the Beach"


Otto Nicolai


Guiseppe Demachi


Pieter Jansz. Saenredam
"Interior of the Church of St Bavo in Haarlem"

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