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June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining.
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- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 68 - Nero, Roman Emperor
- 597 - Saint Columba, Christian missionary.
- 1870 - Charles Dickens, novelist
- 1892 - William Stairs, explorer
- 1958 - Robert Donat, actor
- 1964 - Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook)
- 1993 - Alexis Smith[?], actress
- Roman Empire - third day of the Vestalia[?] in honor of Vesta
- United States - Race Unity Day
See Also:
June 8 - June 10 - May 9 - July 9 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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