June 9


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

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

Births

   * 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

Deaths

   * 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

Holidays and observances

   * Roman Empire - third day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
   * United States - Race Unity Day