June 9

June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances

Events

1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River
1537 - Pope Paul III declares, "Indians are human beings, with the qualities and faults of human beings."
1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia
1772 - British vessel Gaspee is burned off of Rhode Island
1775 - Guy Carleton begins preparations to face American invasion at Quebec Quebec.
1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia
1934 - Donald Duck debuts
1935 - Ho-Umezu Agreement: China under KMT administration recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
1940 - World War II: Norway surrenders to Germany
1942 - World War II: The US Philippine Department surrenders to Japan
1944 - World War II: The Soviet Union invades the Eastern Karelia region of Finland
1954 - Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army
1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown
1989 - Jane Foster and Deanna Brasseur become Canada's first two female fighter pilots
1990 - A record store owner in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is arrested for selling As Nasty As They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew
1997 - The British lease on the New Territories in Hong Kong expires
1999 - Kosovo War: Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty

1672 - Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (+1725)
1810 - Otto Nicolai, composer (+1849)
1882 - Angus Walters, schooner captain (+ 1968)
1843 - Bertha von Suttner, novelist, pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1905 (+ 1914)
1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte, politician (+ 1921)
1891 - Cole Porter, composer and lyricist (+ 1964)
1900 - Fred Waring, bandleader, inventor (+ 1984)
1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (+ 1910)
1916 - Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense
1916 - Les Paul, guitarist
1931 - Jackie Mason,comedian
1939 - Dick Vitale, sportscaster
1956 - Patricia Cornwall, author
1961 - Michael J. Fox, actor
1961 - Aaron Sorkin, director, producer, writer
1963 - Johnny Depp, actor
1964 - Gloria Reuben, actress
1978 - Miroslav Klose, football player, National Team of Germany
1981 - Natalie Portman, actress

See Also:

June 8 - June 10 - May 9 - July 9 -- listing of all days