Today in history

• 1648

  Richard Lovelace – On the 9th of June 1648 Lovelace is again imprisoned at Peterhouse [London, United Kingdom]

• 1870

  Charles Dickens – Dickens suffered a stroke at home in 1870 whilst he was working on Edwin Drood. He died the day after at Gad's Hill Place at the age of 58 and was buried at Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. [Higham, Kent, United Kingdom]

• 1916

  Rainer Maria Rilke – On June the 9th 1916 Rilke is discharged from the military [Vienna, Austria]

• 1936

  George Orwell – On June the 9th 1936 Orwell marries Eileen O'Shaughnessy [London, United Kingdom]

• 1944

  Keith Douglas – On June the 9th, 1944 Keith Douglas aged 24 dies in Normandy, France [Normandy, France]

• 1956

  Allen Ginsberg – Ginsberg's mother died of a brain hemorrhage whilst he is in Berkley. [Berkley, California, United States]

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