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 is burned off of 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 – Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter becomes the first 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 (d. 1747)
• 1768 – Samuel Slater, US industrialist (d. 1835)
• 1810 – Otto Nicolai, composer (d. 1849)
• 1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
• 1882 – Angus Walters, schooner captain (d. 1968)
• 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, novelist, pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1905 (d. 1914)
• 1845 – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (d. 1914)
• 1849 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Charles Joseph Bonaparte, politician (d. 1921)
• 1865 – Albéric Magnard, composer (d. 1914)
• 1882 – Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
• 1891 – Cole Porter, composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
• 1900 – Fred Waring, bandleader, inventor (d. 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

Deaths

• 68 – Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)
• 373 – Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist
• 597 – St. Columba, Christian missionary, patron saint of Ireland (b. 521)
• 630 – King Shahrbaraz of Persia
• 1572 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)
• 1870 – Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
• 1892 – William Stairs, explorer (b. 1863)
• 1958 – Robert Donat, actor (b. 1905)
• 1964 – Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-born business tycoon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1974 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer (b. 1899)
• 1993 – Alexis Smith, actress (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances

• Catholicism – Saint Columba (called Saint Columcille in Ireland, where he is honoured as one of the islands three patron saints).
• Roman Empire – third day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
• United States – Race Unity Day

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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