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 160th 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, 29,157,120 minutes 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.
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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 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.
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June 9 Historical Events
- 721 –Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
- 1310 –Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
- 1815 –End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.
- 1856 –Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
- 1923 –Bulgaria’s military takes over the government in a coup.
- 1959 –The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- 1965 –Civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam Phan Huy Quat resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky.
- 1979 –The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park Sydney (New South Wales, Australia) kills seven.
- 1999 –Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
Who were born on June 9?
- 1661 –Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
- 1921 –Arthur Hertzberg, American scholar (d. 2006)
- 1922 –John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (d. 1941)
- 1951 –Dave Parker, American baseball player
- 1954 –George Pérez, American comic book artist
- 1964 –Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and smooth jazz bassist (d. 2009)
- 1973 –Frederic Choffat, Swiss film director
- 1977 –Amisha Patel, Indian actress
- 1980 –D'banj, Nigerian singer, songwriter and harmonica player
- 1985 –Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress
Who died on June 9?
- 1572 –Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528)
- 1834 –William Carey, English minister and missionary (b. 1761)
- 1892 –Yoshitoshi, Japanese Ukiyo-e artist (b. 1839)
- 1958 –Robert Donat, English actor (b. 1905)
- 1974 –Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
- 1981 –Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
- 1989 –George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1997 –Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
- 2003 –Georges Pichard, French comics artist (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
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