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, 1,717,891,200 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 ‘hectahexacontahenagon’ 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 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
- 1856 –Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- 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.
- 1900 –Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in British prison under mysterious circumstances.
- 1924 –In the second attempt to climb Mount Everest, George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappear, possibly having first made it to the top.
- 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.
- 1958 –Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW) in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
- 1965 –Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
- 1973 –Secretariat wins the Triple Crown.
Who were born on June 9?
- 1768 –Samuel Slater, American industrialist (d. 1835)
- 1938 –Charles Wuorinen, American composer
- 1943 –Charles Saatchi, British-Iraqi businessman
- 1955 –Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer
- 1967 –Rubén Maza, Venezuelan long-distance runner
- 1973 –Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
- 1978 –Miroslav Klose, German football player
- 1983 –Danny Richar, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 –Aruni Kashyap, Indian poet
- 1985 –Anthimos Ananiadis, Greek actor
Who died on June 9?
- 630 –Shahrbaraz, King of Persia
- 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 –William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (b. 1863)
- 1892 –Yoshitoshi, Japanese Ukiyo-e artist (b. 1839)
- 1912 –Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian writer (b. 1852)
- 1946 –Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII], King of Thailand (b. 1925)
- 1973 –John Creasey, English crime and science fiction novelist (b. 1908)
- 2003 –Georges Pichard, French comics artist (b. 1920)
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