June 9
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June 9 is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 205 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 411 BC – Coup in Athens succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy
- 53 – Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia
- 62 – Claudia Octavia is executed.
- 68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad.
- 721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
- 1310 – Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
- 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
- 1650 – The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas.
- 1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in a decisive victory by the Dutch over the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1732 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.
- 1772 – The British schooner Gaspée is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
- 1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
- 1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.
- 1856 – Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
- 1873 – Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
- 1885 – A peace treaty is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam - most of present-day Vietnam - to France.
- 1915 – William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
- 1923 – Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
- 1928 – Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
- 1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
- 1934 – Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
- 1944 – World War II: 99 civilians are hung from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.
- 1944 – World War II: the Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
- 1946 – King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch.
- 1953 – Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: 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 giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
- 1958 – Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
- 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- 1965 – Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
- 1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
- 1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1973 – Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
- 1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
- 1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy excluding black men.
- 1979 – The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) kills seven.
- 1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he will not be released until 1991).
- 1986 – The Rogers Commission releases its report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
- 2008 – In the town of Lake Delton, Wisconsin, Lake Delton drains as a result of heavy flooding breaking the dam holding the lake back.
Births
- 1580 – Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (d. 1655)
- 1588 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer (d. 1666)
- 1595 – King Wladislaus IV of Poland (d. 1648)
- 1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1705)
- 1661 – Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
- 1672 – Tsar Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
- 1686 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747)
- 1768 – Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
- 1781 – George Stephenson, English mechanical engineer (d. 1848)
- 1810 – Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
- 1812 – Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (d. 1910)
- 1843 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (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, French politician (d. 1921)
- 1865 – Albéric Magnard, French composer (d. 1914)
- 1865 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (d. 1931)
- 1875 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
- 1882 – Bobby Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
- 1890 – Leslie Banks, British actor (d. 1952)
- 1891 – Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (d. 1964)
- 1893 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (d. 1963)
- 1898 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian racing driver (d. 1952)
- 1900 – Fred Waring, American bandleader (d. 1984)
- 1906 – Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and entrepreneur (d. 1997)
- 1910 – Robert Cummings, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1911 – George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)
- 1912 – Ingolf Dahl, American composer (d. 1970)
- 1912 – Philip Simmons, American ornamental ironworker (d. 2009)
- 1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and inventor (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Robert McNamara, U.S. Defense Secretary and President of the World Bank (d. 2009)
- 1918 – John Hospers, American philosopher and Libertarian politician
- 1921 – Arthur Hertzberg, American scholar (d. 2006)
- 1922 – George Axelrod, American producer, playwright and director (d. 2003)
- 1922 – John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
- 1922 – Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist (d. 1988)
- 1924 – Ed Farhat ("The Sheik"), American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Keith Laumer, American author (d. 1993)
- 1929 – Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1954)
- 1930 – Barbara, French singer (d. 1997)
- 1931 – Joe Santos, American actor
- 1931 – Bill Virdon, American baseball player and manager
- 1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1936 – Mick O'Dwyer, Irish footballer and manager
- 1936 – Jackie Mason, American comedian
- 1937 – Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
- 1938 – Charles Wuorinen, American composer
- 1939 – Ileana Cotrubaş, Romanian soprano
- 1939 – David Hobbs, English racecar driver and commentator
- 1939 – Dick Vitale, American sportscaster
- 1939 – Charles Webb, American novelist
- 1941 – Jon Lord, English pianist and organist (Deep Purple)
- 1942 – Anton Burghardt, German footballer
- 1943 – Joe Haldeman, American science fiction author
- 1945 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
- 1945 – Nike Wagner, German art festival director
- 1947 – Kiran Bedi, Indian social activist and police officer
- 1947 – John Gurda, American historian
- 1948 – Gudrun Schyman, Swedish politician
- 1951 – James Newton Howard, American film composer
- 1951 – Dave Parker, American baseball player
- 1951 – Reinhard Schmitz, German footballer
- 1952 – Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004)
- 1954 – Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist (UFO, Lone Star)
- 1954 – Gregory Maguire, American novelist
- 1954 – George Pérez, American comic book artist
- 1954 – Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada
- 1955 – Stephen Pewsey, English historian
- 1955 – Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer
- 1956 – Patricia Cornwell, American Novelist
- 1960 – Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist
- 1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-born actor
- 1961 – Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright
- 1962 – Yuval Banai, Israeli musician and singer (Mashina)
- 1963 – Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist and political activist
- 1963 – Johnny Depp, American actor
- 1963 – David Koepp, American screenwriter and director
- 1964 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress
- 1964 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and smooth jazz bassist (d. 2009)
- 1964 – Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
- 1967 – Richard Cooey, American murderer (d. 2008)
- 1967 – Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian broadcaster
- 1967 – Rubén Maza, Venezuelan long-distance runner
- 1968 – Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper
- 1969 – Nick Kiriazis, American actor
- 1969 – Eric Wynalda, American footballer
- 1970 – Erika Miklósa, Hungarian coloratura soprano
- 1971 – Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
- 1971 – Jackie McKeown, Scottish vocalist and guitarist (The Yummy Fur, 1990s)
- 1971 – Rick Renstrom, American guitarist
- 1972 – Tomoe Hanba, Japanese voice actress
- 1972 – Matt Horsley, Australian football player
- 1973 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player
- 1973 – Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
- 1973 – Iain Lee, British television/radio personality
- 1973 – Laura Ponte, Spanish model and member (by marriage) of the Spanish Royal Family
- 1974 – Samoth, Norwegian guitarist and drummer (Emperor, Zyklon)
- 1974 – Randy Winn, American baseball player
- 1975 – Otto Addo, German-born Ghanaian footballer
- 1975 – Jeff Saturday, American football player
- 1975 – Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer
- 1977 – Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
- 1977 – Amisha Patel, Indian actress
- 1977 – Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
- 1978 – Matthew Bellamy, English vocalist, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (Muse)
- 1978 – Michaela Conlin, American actress
- 1978 – Shandi Finnessey, American beauty queen
- 1978 – Miroslav Klose, German football player
- 1980 – Navíd Akhavan, Iranian-German actor
- 1980 – Mike Fontenot, American baseball player
- 1980 – Udonis Haslem, American basketball player
- 1980 – Lehlohonolo Seema, South African football player
- 1980 – D'banj, Nigerian singer, songwriter and harmonica player
- 1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-born actress
- 1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-born sitarist, daughter of Ravi Shankar
- 1981 – Vic Zhou, Taiwanese actor, singer and model
- 1982 – Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer
- 1982 – Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
- 1983 – Alektra Blue, American pornographic actress
- 1983 – Firas Al Khatib, Syrian football player
- 1983 – Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player
- 1983 – Jim Tang, Hong Kong actor
- 1984 – Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player
- 1984 – Aruni Kashyap, Indian poet
- 1984 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1984 – Masoud Shojaei, Iranian football player
- 1984 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch football player
- 1985 – Anthimos Ananiadis, Greek actor
- 1985 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1985 – Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player
- 1985 – Richard Kahui, New Zealand All Black rugby player
- 1986 – Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1986 – Adamo Ruggiero, Canadian actor
- 1986 – Karan Wahi, Indian actor
- 1988 – Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek football player
- 1988 – Sara Isakovič, Slovenian swimmer
- 1988 – Mae Whitman, American actress and voice actress
- 1989 – Chloë Agnew, Irish singer (Celtic Woman)
- 1990 – Lauren Socha, English Actress
- 1993 – Danielle Chuchran, American actress
Deaths
- 62 – Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero (b. 40)
- 68 – Nero, Roman Emperor (b. 37)
- 373 – Ephrem the Syrian, Syriac Christian hymnodist (b. 306)
- 597 – St. Columba, Irish Christian missionary (b. 521)
- 630 – Shahrbaraz, King of Persia
- 1361 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
- 1563 – William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
- 1572 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)
- 1583 – Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- 1656 – Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (b. 1572)
- 1716 – Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (b. 1670)
- 1717 – Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (b. 1648)
- 1799 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges, African-French swordsman, soldier of fortune and composer, known as the "black Mozart" (b. 1745)
- 1834 – William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
- 1870 – Charles Dickens, English author (b. 1812)
- 1875 – Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)
- 1892 – Yoshitoshi, Japanese Ukiyo-e artist (b. 1839)
- 1892 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
- 1912 – Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852)
- 1923 – Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1846)
- 1946 – Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII], King of Thailand (b. 1925)
- 1952 – Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)
- 1958 – Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)
- 1959 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1876)
- 1961 – Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)
- 1964 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born tycoon and politician (b. 1879)
- 1968 – Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (b. 1884)
- 1973 – Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b. 1887)
- 1974 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
- 1979 – Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884)
- 1981 – Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
- 1989 – Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
- 1989 – George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1991 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b. 1903)
- 1993 – Thomas Ammann, Swiss art dealer and collector (b. 1950)
- 1993 – Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
- 1994 – Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1997 – Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
- 2000 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)
- 2004 – Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist (b. 1945)
- 2006 – Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
- 2007 – Frankie Abernathy, American reality TV personality (b. 1981)
- 2008 – Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
- 2009 – Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver (b. 1930)
Holidays and observances
- Autonomy Day (Åland Islands)
- Christian Feast Day
- Day of Remembrance for Sigurd the Volsung (Germanic Neopaganism)
- La Rioja Day (La Rioja)
- Murcia Day (Murcia)
- National Heroes' Day (Uganda)
- The third day of the Vestalia. (Roman Empire)
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