1948 78 years ago Notable Births June 9

Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician

On June 9, in the year 1948, Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of June 9, one of 402 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Gudrun Schyman. Learn more below.

Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work after a tax evasion scandal. She remained an independent member of the Riksdag until 2006. She co-founded Feminist Initiative in 2005 and was its co-spokesperson from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. She left the party in 2022.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on June 9, 1948 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 20 March 2026.

On This Date in History 402

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Jun 9 Sly Stone, American musician and record producer (Sly and the Family Stone)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 9 James Lawson, American activist, professor, and minister (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2023 Jun 9 Alain Touraine, French sociologist (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2022 Jun 9 Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2022 Jun 9 Billy Kametz, American voice actor (born 1987)
Notable Deaths 2022 Jun 9 Matt Zimmerman, Canadian actor (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2022 Jun 9 Amir Liaquat Hussain, Pakistani politician, columnist and television host
Notable Deaths 2019 Jun 9 Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (born 1966)
Selected Events 2019 Jun 9 Dominican-American retired baseball player David Ortiz was shot and severely wounded while at a bar in Santo Domingo
Notable Deaths 2018 Jun 9 Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo Albanian football administrator and player (born 1960)
Notable Deaths 2017 Jun 9 Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 9 Pumpkinhead, American rapper (born 1975)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 9 Pedro Zerolo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1960)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (born 1963)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1958)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (born 1910)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 9 Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 9 Iain Banks, Scottish author (born 1954)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 9 Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 9 John Burke, English rugby player (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 9 Walter Jens, German philologist, historian, and academic (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 9 Zdeněk Rotrekl, Czech poet and historian (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 9 Régis Clère, French cyclist (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 9 John Maples, Baron Maples, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 9 Ivan Minatti, Slovene poet and translator (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 9 Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 9 Abram Wilson, American-English trumpet player and educator (born 1973)
Notable Deaths 2011 Jun 9 M
Notable Deaths 2011 Jun 9 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (born 1970)
Notable Deaths 2011 Jun 9 Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (born 1956)
Historical Events 2010 Jun 9 At least 40 people are killed and more than 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Arghandab, Kandahar
Notable Deaths 2010 Jun 9 Ken Brown, British Guitarist who was a member of The Quarrymen (born 1940)
Selected Events 2010 Jun 9 A child suicide bomber attacked a wedding in Nadahan, Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 70 o
Historical Events 2009 Jun 9 An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan
Notable Deaths 2009 Jun 9 Dick May, American race car driver (born 1930)
Historical Events 2008 Jun 9 Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people
Notable Deaths 2008 Jun 9 Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2008 Jun 9 Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2007 Jun 9 Frankie Abernathy, American purse designer, cast-member on The Real World: San Diego (born 1981)
Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 9 Drafi Deutscher, German singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2004 Jun 9 Rosey Brown, American football player and coach (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2004 Jun 9 Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist, co-founded J-FLAG (born 1945)
Notable Births 2000 Jun 9 Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer
Notable Deaths 2000 Jun 9 John Abramovic, American basketball player (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2000 Jun 9 Jacob Lawrence, American painter and academic (born 1917)
Historical Events 1999 Jun 9 Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty
Selected Events 1999 Jun 9 Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day

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