TODAY IN HISTORY

On June 9, A.D. 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, ending a 13-year reign.

In 1860, what’s considered the first dime novel, “Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter” by Ann S. Stephens, was published.

In 1940, during World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis,

effective at midnight.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which reinstated federal income tax withholding from paychecks.

In 1969, the Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States.

In 2004, the body of Ronald Reagan arrived in Washington to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

In 2008, retail gas prices rose above $4 per gallon.