What are the important events that happened on June 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 9: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 9 is the 160^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 205 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 27, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,749,427,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 253 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,553 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 9 Historical Events

• 1534 –
  Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
• 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 the future U.S. state of Georgia.
• 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.
• 1924 –
  In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top.
• 1946 –
  King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world’s longest reigning monarch.
• 1965 –
  Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
• 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.

Who were born on June 9?

• 1810 –
  Otto Nicolai, German composer (d. 1849)
• 1882 –
  Robert Kerr, Canadian sprinter (d. 1963)
• 1911 –
  George Webb, British actor (d. 1998)
• 1912 –
  Philip Simmons, American ornamental ironworker (d. 2009)
• 1929 –
  Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1954)
• 1938 –
  Charles Wuorinen, American composer
• 1963 –
  David Koepp, American screenwriter and director
• 1963 –
  Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist and political activist
• 1969 –
  Nick Kiriazis, American actor
• 1980 –
  D'banj, Nigerian singer, songwriter and harmonica player

Who died on June 9?

• 597 –
  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary (b. 521)
• 1361 –
  Philippe de Vitry, French composer (b. 1291)
• 1716 –
  Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander (b. 1670)
• 1799 –
  Chevalier de Saint-Georges, African-French swordsman, soldier of fortune and composer, known as the “black Mozart” (b. 1745)
• 1923 –
  Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1846)
• 1952 –
  Adolf Busch, German composer (b. 1891)
• 1964 –
  Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born tycoon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1993 –
  Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
• 2004 –
  Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)
• 2009 –
  Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver (b. 1930)