June 9
June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years ), with 205 days remaining.
Events
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide , imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate -imposed death by flogging.
1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River .
1732 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia . [1]
1772 - British vessel Gaspee Rhode Island .
1790 - Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry becomes the first book to be copyrighted in the United States .
1815 - End of the Congress of Vienna : new European political situation is set.
1856 - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1860 - dime novel to be published.
1863 - American Civil War : Battle of Brandy Station , Virginia .
1915 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.
1923 - Bulgaria 's military takes over the government in a coup .
1930 - Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers , allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone .
1934 - Donald Duck debuts in The Wise Little Hen .
1935 - Ho-Umezu Agreement : China under KMT administration recognized Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
1944 - World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia , since 1941 occupied by Finland .
1953 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes : A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94.
1954 - McCarthyism : Joseph Welch , special counsel for the United States Army , lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army.
1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest mountain ).
1959 - The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles .
1973 - Secretariat wins the Triple Crown .
1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens the priesthood to "all worthy men,"ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
1980 - Comedian Richard Pryor attempts to commit suicide by dousing himself with rum and setting it ablaze during a cocaine binge.
1985 - Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he was not released until 1991 ).
1986 - The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
1999 - Kosovo War : Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty .
Births
1686 - Andrei Osterman , Russian statesman († 1747 )
1768 - Samuel Slater , US industrialist († 1835 )
1810 - Otto Nicolai , composer († 1849 )
1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle , German astronomer († 1910 )
1882 - Angus Walters , schooner captain († 1968 )
1843 - Bertha von Suttner , novelist, pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1905 († 1914 )
1845 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto († 1914 )
1851 - Charles Joseph Bonaparte , politician († 1921 )
1865 - Albéric Magnard , composer († 1914 )
1882 - Bobby Kerr , Canadian sprinter († 1963 )
1891 - Cole Porter , composer and lyricist († 1964 )
1900 - Fred Waring , bandleader, inventor († 1984 )
1916 - Robert McNamara , United States Secretary of Defense , former president of the World Bank
1916 - Les Paul , guitarist
1922 - John Gillespie Magee, Jr. , American poet and aviator († 1941 )
1931 - Jackie Mason , comedian
1937 - Harald Rosenthal , biologist
1939 - Ileana Cotrubas , Romanian soprano
1939 - Dick Vitale , sportscaster
1956 - Patricia Cornwell , author
1961 - Michael J. Fox , actor
1961 - Aaron Sorkin , director, producer, writer
1963 - Johnny Depp , actor
1964 - Gloria Reuben , actress
1975 - Andrew Symonds , cricketer
1977 - Peja Stojaković , Serbian NBA star
1978 - Miroslav Klose , football player, National Team of Germany
1981 - Natalie Portman , actress
1988 - Boudewijn Horikx , Dutch tennis player
Deaths
68 - Nero , Roman Emperor (b. 37 )
373 - Ephrem the Syrian , prolific Christian hymn writer (b. c. 306 )
597 - St. Columba (also known as St. Columcille), Patron of Ireland and Christian missionary (b. 521 )
630 - Shahrbaraz , king of the Sassanid dynasty
1572 - Jeanne d'Albret , Queen of Navarre (b. 1528 )
1870 - Charles Dickens , author (b. 1812 )
1892 - William Stairs , explorer (b. 1863 )
1958 - Robert Donat , actor (b. 1905 )
1964 - Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook ) (b. 1879 )
1974 - Miguel Ángel Asturias , Guatemalan writer (b. 1899 )
1993 - Alexis Smith , actress (b. 1921 )
2004 - Rosey Brown , Pro Football Hall of Famer (b. 1932 )
Holidays and observances
External links
June 8 - June 10 - May 9 - July 9 -- listing of all days
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