June 9th

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
• 1957 - First ascent of Broad Peak (12th highest)
• 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)
• 1768 - Samuel Slater, US industrialist (+1835)
• 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)
• 1812 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (+ 1910)
• 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
• 1977 - Peja Stojakovic, Serbian NBA star
• 1978 - Miroslav Klose, football player, National Team of Germany
• 1981 - Natalie Portman, actress

Deaths

• 68 - Nero, Roman Emperor
• 597 - St. Columba (also known as St. Columcille), Patron of Ireland and Christian missionary.
• 1870 - Charles Dickens, novelist
• 1892 - William Stairs, explorer
• 1958 - Robert Donat, actor
• 1964 - Max Aitken (Lord Beaverbrook)
• 1974 - Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel laureate
• 1993 - Alexis Smith, actress

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

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