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.
• 1772 –
  The British schooner Gaspée is burned off the coast of Rhode Island.
• 1856 –
  Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
• 1930 –
  Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Who were born on June 9?

• 1918 –
  John Hospers, American philosopher and Libertarian politician (d. 2011)
• 1922 –
  John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
• 1931 –
  Bill Virdon, American baseball player and manager
• 1937 –
  Harald Rosenthal, German biologist
• 1939 –
  Charles Webb, American novelist
• 1952 –
  Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer (d. 2004)
• 1961 –
  Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter and playwright
• 1983 –
  Alex Templeton-Ward, musician, writer
• 1986 –
  Kary Ng, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1993 –
  Danielle Chuchran, American actress

Who died on June 9?

• 62 –
  Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero (b. 40)
• 597 –
  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary (b. 521)
• 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)
• 1946 –
  Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII], King of Thailand (b. 1925)
• 1961 –
  Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)
• 1991 –
  Claudio Arrau, Chilean-born pianist (b. 1903)
• 2008 –
  Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
• 2011 –
  M. F. Husain, Indian artist, painter (b. 1915)