June 9
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Featured: A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933) |
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Art and culture
- 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
- 1860 - Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter becomes the first dime novel to be published.
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Births
- 1898 - Curzio Malaparte, Italian author (d. 1957)
- 1943- Charles Saatchi, British art collector.
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Deaths
- 68 - Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)
- 1870 - Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
- 2007 - Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (b. 1904)
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