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 161st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 205 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 27, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,192 hours 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 ‘hectahexacontahenagon’ day.
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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 234 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 4,188 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 9 Historical Events
1534 –
Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
1732 –
James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia.
1772 –
The British schooner Gaspée is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
1900 –
Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in British prison under mysterious circumstances.
1934 –
Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
1946 –
King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world’s longest reigning monarch.
1959 –
The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
1968 –
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1974 –
Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
1985 –
Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon (he will not be released until 1991).
Who were born on June 9?
1843 –
Bertha von Suttner, Austrian novelist, Nobel laureate (d. 1914)
1912 –
Ingolf Dahl, American composer (d. 1970)
1937 –
Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
1939 –
David Hobbs, English racecar driver and commentator
1945 –
Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (d. 1994)
1961 –
Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright
1963 –
David Koepp, American screenwriter and director
1964 –
Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and smooth jazz bassist (d. 2009)
1977 –
Amisha Patel, Indian actress
1977 –
Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
Who died on June 9?
630 –
Shahrbaraz, King of Persia
1572 –
Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)
1799 –
Chevalier de Saint-Georges, African-French swordsman, soldier of fortune and composer, known as the “black Mozart” (b. 1745)
1892 –
William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
1959 –
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1876)
1981 –
Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
1993 –
Alexis Smith, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
2006 –
Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
2008 –
Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
2009 –
Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver (b. 1930)