June 9, 1930
Chicago Tribune journalist Alfred Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Newspapers promise a $55,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the killers. Lingle is later found to have had contacts to organized crime, allegedly owing over $100,000 in gambling debts to Al Capone.
Births
Lin[wood] [Vrooman] Carter, United States, Prolific Science Fiction and Fantasy author (d. 1988)
Monique Serf, French musician (d. 1997)
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